It is a universally recognized truth that a young woman in possession of a copy of Jane Austen’s best-known novel must need other books like this one, and so, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Miss Austen’s death, Sarra Manning choose the books that would not exist without pride and prejudice…
bridget jones diary by helen fielding
You are reading: Pride and prejudice inspired books
to be totally honest with you, i’m never quite sure why bridget jones’s diary is described as modern pride and prejudice, apart from mark darcy, who bears a striking resemblance to fitzwilliam darcy. critics aside, i love bridget jones almost as much as i love elizabeth bennet. available on amazon
longbourn by jo baker
Described as “pride and prejudice from the servants’ point of view,” longbourn doesn’t retell pride and prejudice from the perspective of those under the stairs, instead giving those half-glimpsed characters her own story, in particular the maid, sarah, whose life will change forever when a new footman arrives at the bennet residence.available on amazon
death comes to pemberley by p d james
Queen of Crime, P.D. James, gave us the Pride and Prejudice sequel we all craved. Elizabeth and Darcy have been married for six years, they have two children, Mr Bingley and Jane live nearby and all is well in their world. Until the night before his annual ball when the murder is underway and, to everyone’s surprise, George Wickham appears to be the villain of the play. available on amazon
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pride, prejudice and zombies by jane austen and seth graham-smith
does what it says on the tin. Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy become zombie slayers when a mysterious plague strikes Meryton and the dead stagger back to life. sorry but i’m too much of a p&p stickler to pass. available on amazon
georgette heyer regency buck
if you’re sad that jane austen has only written a handful of novels and crave your fix of regency fiction, then you could do a lot worse than turn to the works of georgette heyer, who single-handedly invented the regency romance genre from no one. regency buck is a good place to start, it was the first heyer i read so i have good feelings towards it, and it features a frivolous heiress judith tavern and the sardonic julian st john audley. They hate each other at first sight, of course they do, but the path of true love was never easy. https://www.amazon.co.uk/regency-buck-georgette-published-september/dp/b00vyom9f0/ ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=utf8&qid=1500387065&sr=1-2&keywords= regency+buck+by+georgette+heyeravailable on amazon
eligible by curtis sittenfeld
Published last year, Sittenfeld reworks pride and prejudice in contemporary suburban Cincinnati, where our beloved characters are the same but… different. we have reality star chip bingley jane bennet is a yoga instructor mrs bennet is addicted to tv channel shopping and extreme hoarding and is a neurosurgeon fitzwilliam darcy and new york based writer liz bennet i dont know they bear. eligible is an absolute delight.available on amazon
true love at annie darling’s lonely hearts bookstore
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verity love, the middle of five sisters and fanatic of pride and prejudice (she can quote the entire novel from memory), takes center stage in this sequel to the little bookstore of lonely hearts. When Verity lands a boyfriend in a case of mistaken identity, she and dashing architect, Johnny, decide to team up for the summer so they don’t have to sit at the bachelor’s table at every wedding they’ve been invited to. Everything will be fine, as long as they don’t fall in love. (harper collins, e-book available May 18, paperback August 10)
jane austen at home by lucy worsley
instead of a book inspired by pride and prejudice, in jane austen at home, everyone’s favorite historian lucy worsley takes an expert look at every detail of jane austen’s life to see what inspired pride and prejudice. Prejudice and his other novels. the kind of delicious social story I could eat with a spoon (hodder & stoughton, £25, on sale 18th may)
lydia de natasha farrant
a lively novel as it retells lydia’s story and paints her as a much more sympathetic character than the selfish and impetuous girl of pride and prejudice. even wickham has a chance to redeem himself! available on amazon
Adolescent Writings by Jane Austen
Collected here are works from Jane Austen’s three surviving notebooks of adolescent writings. Don’t expect any 18th-century mole Adrian angst either, because the stories here were written to be shared and read by your family and friends. In these sweet, often naive little tales, one can trace the path that led Jane Austen from her youth to pride and prejudice. (And I pray no one finds and publishes the Smiths fanfic I used to write when I became a much-loved, best-selling novelist.) (oxford university press, £8.99, available 25 May)
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