Download Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart AudioBook Free
Stories by:
- Lauren Willig
- Adriana Trigiani
- Jo Beverley
- Alexandra Potter
- Laurie Viera Rigler
- Frank Delaney & Diane Meier
- Syrie Wayne
- Stephanie Barron
- Amanda Grange
- Pamela Aidan
- Elizabeth Aston
- Carrie Bebris
- Diana Birchall
- Monica Fairview
- Janet Mullany
- Jane Odiwe
- Beth Pattillo
- Myretta Robens
- Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway
- Maya Slater
- Margaret C. Sullivan
- ...and Brenna Aubrey, the success of a story contest hosted by the Republic of Pemberley.
"My feelings will never be repressed. You need to allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." If you just heaved a contented sigh at Mr. Darcy's heartfelt words, then you, dear listener, are in good company. Here is a delightful assortment of never-before-published stories encouraged by Jane Austen. In Lauren Willig's "A Night at Northanger," a woman who doesn't have confidence in ghosts fits a familiar specter; Jane Odiwe's "Holding out" captures the exquisite doubt of
Persuasion's Wentworth and Anne as they await her family's approval of the betrothal; Adriana Trigiani's "Love and Best Needs, Aunt Jane" imagines a modern-day Austen presenting her niece advice upon her proposal; in Diana Birchall's "Jane Austen's Kitten," our loved Jane says her nieces "cat tales" based on her novels; Laurie Viera Rigler's "Intolerable Stupidity" locates Mr. Darcy getting charges against all the freelance writers of
Pride and Prejudice sequels, spin-offs, and retellings; in Janet Mullany's "Jane Austen, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" a teacher at an all-girls university invokes the Beatles to help her students understand
Sense and Sensibility; and in Jo Beverley's "Jane and the Mistletoe Kiss," a widow doesn't consider she'll have a second chance at love...until a Neglect Austen suggests often.
