Jane Austen

"In the final months of Jane Austen's life, she began work on a new novel about social drama in the small seaside town of Sanditon, once a small fishing village and now a bustling spa town. In the story of Charlotte Heywood, a new arrival, Austen contemplated a changing society with a mixture of skepticism and amusement, and notably crafted her only character of color in the mixed-race heiress Miss Lambe. Though unfinished at the time of her death,...

Jane Austen's masterpiece is now available as a graphic novel! Jane Austen referred to Pride and Prejudice, her first published novel, as her "beloved child," and generations of readers have taken that child into their hearts ever since. The irresistible attraction that she narrates between the brilliant and independent Elizabeth Bennet and the solemnly rigid Mr. Darcy, has become one of the most romantic and funniest love stories ever told. ? Now,...

Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara.