Ten books like jane eyre that follow similar themes and were written by great female writers that were ahead of their time. Our modern tale is set in cincinnati, where lizzie is recast as an nycbased magazine editor, jane is a yoga instructor nearing 40, darcy is a snooty brain surgeon, and bingley is an er doctor turned star of the reality show eligible. Finished the classic novel by jane austen and not sure what to read next. As arguably austens most notable work, finding books like pride and. Modern retellings of jane austens novels readers lane. In this version, emma woodhouse returns home after university to live with her widower father and start an interior design business. Edith newbold jones was born into such wealth and privilege that her family inspired the phrase keeping up with the joneses. Jane austens 18 novel pride and prejudice regularly ranks among. Theres a wide variety of modern takes on jane austen.
Jane austen was still far from becoming the beloved icon she is today. Authors similar to jane austen goodreads share book. Jane austens novels have not lost their charm in all these years. He never believed he needed a wife but jane might be the one he was missing all alongthats if he acts quick enough before he loses her to someone else forever.
Much like jane eyre, this is a great coming of age novel about a spirited and intelligent orphan that also has more modern ideals than the society that she lives in. While jane austens books are in a class all their own, there are several other notable authors that tell similarly uplifting stories let other pens dwell on guilt and. How to dress like a jane austen character jane austen died 200 years ago but the authors modern day fans have an insatiable appetite for all things austen including regency clothes and style. Modern retellings of jane austen the times of india. Lucky for us, many modern authors continue to write about the time. Author of 2420 books including pride and prejudice. The new pbs series sanditon offers a more modern take on austen, which decidedly mixed results.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Fall for you by cecilia gray, mansfield ranch by jenni james, pemberley ranch by jack caldwell, the trouble with fli. Jane austen was an english novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in english literature, her realism and. Its a truth universally acknowledged that devotees of jane austens novels cannot be satiated by austens novels alone. A modern retelling is part of the austen project, a multiauthor collaboration to write modern adaptations of austen s novels. The first time i was introduced to jane austen was actually through reading the book pride and prejudice and zombies. This modern retelling of pride and prejudice follows a muslim. This is the fourth installment of the jane austen project, which invites contemporary authors to rework jane austens novels for modern times, and my handsdown favorite.
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