Jane Austen
Teacher Resource File

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Biography

Jane Austen Biography
Brief biography; chronology; her obituary;
links to her writings;
from Jane Austen Society of Australia
A Memoir of Jane Austen (Table of Contents)
By her nephew, J.E. Austen-Leigh

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Lesson Plans

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Bibliography

The Jane Austen Collection
From Goucher College Julia Rogers Library

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Organizations

The Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom
Brief biography of Jane Austen; Clothes of the Jane Austen
Period; Society information; Links
Jane Austen Society of Australia
Society news; tours and activities; information on Jane Austen
and her works; book reviews
Jane Austen Society of North America
Society information; Tours and activities; Publications
Jane Austen's House on the Web
Illustrations; history of the Austen's home, now a museum;
brief biography of Jane Austen; maps; links;
from Jane Austen Society (UK)
Alton Abbey
The abbey is a short walk from the Austen home

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Online E-Texts

Emma
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
The History of England
From the reign of Henry the 4th to the death of
Charles the 1st; written by Austen when she was fourteen;
from L.F. Dean's Page
Lady Susan
Summary, the novel; from Bibliomania
Letters of Jane Austen
From The Republic of Pemberley
Love and Freindship
From The Republic of Pemberley
Love and Friendship and Other Early Works
From Project Gutenberg
Jane Austen's Writings
Novels, light verse, juvenilia; literary classifications,
and definitions of chronological periods; images from
the period; index of allusions in her works; links to
some controversial sites

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James Madison University