Jane Austen fan fiction

Cover of Old Friends and New Fancies, by Sybil Brinton, considered to be the first work of Austen fan-fiction. (1913)

Jane Austen fan fiction is the collection of numerous sequels and spin-offs produced by authors who have either used the plot of Austen's original novels, or have extended them, to produce new works of fiction.[1] Austen's posthumous popularity has inspired fan fiction that runs the gamut through numerous genres, but the most concentrated medium has remained the novel.[2] According to Pucci and Thompson in their 2003 survey on the contemporary evolution of Jane Austen's work, at the turn of the 20th century (over 150 years after the final publication of her first collected works), over one hundred sequels, rewritings, and continuations of her novels had been published.[3] More recently, a count from a list of published Austen-inspired novels to the end of 2015[4] revealed 1109 books, of which 204 were in e-book format only, with a 2015 publishing rate of 25 books per month. Pride and Prejudice accounted for the majority of published Austen-inspired books, at 900 total, and all six novels and three minor works are represented in published Jane Austen fan fiction (JAFF). The number of unpublished Austen-inspired stories on various JAFF sites at least doubles that number. They have continued to remain popular well into the 21st century, with modern adaptations reaching as high as third on The New York Times Best Seller List[5] However, opinions remain mixed in regard to the liberties taken by authors with regard to modifying or adding to the existing canon of Austen literature. While audiences have responded well commercially to various novels, critics have argued that by transposing new work onto of the frame provided by Austen adulterates the genre.[6][7]

Notable works

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen – by Sybil Brinton (1913)

Margaret Dashwood, or, Interference (1929) and Susan Price, or, Resolution (1930) – by Edith Charlotte Brown

Pemberley: Or Pride and Prejudice Continued – by Emma Tennant (1993)

Mr. Darcy's Daughters – by Elizabeth Aston (2003)

More Letters from Pemberley – by Jane Dawkins (2007)

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict – by Laurie Viera Rigler (2007)

Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World' – by Abigail Reynolds (2009)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – by Seth Grahame-Smith (2009)

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters – by Ben H. Winters (2009)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls – by Steve Hockensmith (2010)

References

  1. http://www.austen.com/
  2. Todd, Janet. Jane Austen in Context (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Print.
  3. Pucci and Thompson, Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture. Albany, New York: State University Of New York Press, 2003. Print.
  4. http://austenesquereviews.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-austenesque-novels/by-jane-austen-novel
  5. Flood, Alison (9 April 2009). "Jane Austen in zombie rampage up the book charts". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/09/austen-zombie-pride-prejudice. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
    1. Andrew Wright,Jane Austen Adapted. Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Vol. 30, No. 3, pgs 421–453. Print
  6. http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/04/28/review-pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-by-jane-austen-and-seth-grahame-smith/
  7. http://www.erasofelegance.com/arts/literature/janebooks.html
  8. The Times, 11 December, 1929
  9. Quoted in advertisement in The Times Literary Supplement 20 November, 1930
  10. Robinson, L. Review: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, The Women's Review of Books, 11, pg. 18. Print.
  11. http://fansofjane.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/mr-darcy%E2%80%99s-daughters-a-review-in-conversation/
  12. Dawkins, Jane.Letters from Pemberley Review. Chicken Soup Press, 1999. Print.
  13. http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews2/9780525950769.asp
  14. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4022-2947-3
  15. Flood, Alison (9 April 2009). "Jane Austen in zombie rampage up the book charts". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/09/austen-zombie-pride-prejudice. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  16. http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/58847/
  17. http://www.avclub.com/articles/steve-hockensmith-pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies,39731/
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