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Jane Austen on the World Wide Web
We use a "parasol" rating scale. Each site listed is given a score between one and four, with one being a poor site and four being an excellent site that is well worth visiting.
Organization Sites
- Jane Austen Society of North
America (JASNA)
Easy to follow, with excellent content including reviews, links, and information. - Jane Austen Society of Australia
(JASA)
Jane Austen Society of Australia web site. Book reviews, biographical information, JASA news. Lots of evidence of an active society! - Jane
Austen Society (JAS)
Lots of valuable information and useful links. A very good place to start browsing. - The Bronte Society (UK)
- Australian
Bronte Association
- Australian
Victorian Studies Association
- Italian Children's
Literature in English
Information and Education Sites
- Republic of Pemberley
The place to start for all things Austen on the Web. The site that everyone links to. - Austen
Board: Male Voices
Copious information. Doesn't only focus on male writing about Austen, but includes material on film, dance, an annotated bibliography, etc. - The Regency Page
The site for all things Regency. Huge number of links to related sites, and excellent pages on Regency fashion. - The Regency Fashion
Page
Well laid out and easy to use. A great resource with loads of images and information. - Calendar for
Jane Austen's Novels
Ellen Moody's wonderful reference page on time and dates in Austen's novels. - Cathy Dean's
Austen E-texts
Concentrates on e-texts of Austen's juvenilia and lesser known writing. - Dom Nicholas on
Jane Austen
Still under construction, but worth checking. A good article on clergy in Austen. - Bibliomania:
Jane Austen
E-texts of Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion. No annotation, no internal hypertext.
Link Sites
- James Dawe's Jane Austen
Page
Good selection of links with annotations describing the material. Nice layout and photos. - Mitsuharu
Matsuoka's Austen Page
Fairly extensive collection of links. Easy to use layout. - Austen Web Site Review
List of Austen sites with short reviews and five star rating system.
Commercial and Service Sites
- Jane Austen Web Post
Cards
Send an e-card to a friend! Huge collection of photos to chose from. A free service. - Sense and Sensibility
Clothing
Sells Regency (and other) period costumes and sewing patterns.
Pictures and Film Sites
- A&E: Behind the
Scenes on P & P
A good site for those who liked A&E's version of Pride and Prejudice. - Austen Film
and TV Adaptations
A complete filmography of Austen adaptations. Provides video ordering information. - Lizzy's Costumes,
the List
Photos of costumes worn by Elizabeth in A&E's Pride and Prejudice.
Fan Sites
- Romance of
the Written Word
A good range of material. Heavy emphasis on fan fiction. Also links to related sites. - Austen's
Letters
Nice, but doesn't indicate where the quotations are taken from. Fine for browsing.
Tourism
- Jane Austen's Bath
An excellent tourism site for the city of Bath. Great page layout. Includes six walks with accompanying maps. - Hampshire - Jane
Austen Country
Tourism site for Hampshire county. Easily navigated with good internal site consistency. - Chawton House and the
International Centre for the Study of English Women's Writing
Much more than a tourist site, contains fascinating information about the collection of rare works by early women writers soon to be available for study at Chawton House: the English country house which once belonged to Austen's brother, and where she was a frequent visitor during the years she lived in her cottage ("Jane Austen's House") at Chawton.
Miscellaneous
- Austen's
Persuasion Cryptograms
24 cryptograms taken from Austen's Persuasion. Jane-games on the web!
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