If You Like Jane Austen, You'll Like This

#JaneAustenJuly
In which I talk about some authors you might enjoy if you enjoy Jane Austen . . .
Austen and the Victorians: • Where to go after Jane...
--Books Mentioned--
Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë: / 298230.agnes_grey
North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell: / 156538.north_and_south
Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell: / 182381.cranford
Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell: / 383206.wives_and_daugh...
Anthony Trollope: / 20524.anthony_trollope
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott: / little-women-louisa-ma...
The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton: / 222630.the_house_of_mi...
E.M. Forster: / 86404.e_m_forster
The Enchanted April, Elizabeth Von Arnim: / 3077.the_enchanted_april
Young Anne, Dorothy Whipple: / young-anne
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson: / 916856.miss_pettigrew_...
Mariana, Monica Dickens: / 617804.mariana
Company in the Evening, Ursula Orange: / company-in-the-evening
Excellent Women, Barbara Pym: / 178565.excellent_women
Quartet in Autumn, Barbara Pym: / 227002.quartet_in_autumn
A Dance to the Music of Time, Anthony Powell: / a-dance-to-the-music-o...
The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro: / 28921.the_remains_of_t...
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free, Andrew Miller: / now-we-shall-be-entire...
A Sky Painted Gold, Laura Wood: / a-sky-painted-gold
Sofia Khan is Not Obliged, Ayisha Malik: / sofia-khan-is-not-obliged
The Hating Game, Sally Thorne: / the-hating-game
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[@takingteawithcatherine]

I definitely need to spend more time with Gaskell this year!

[@johncrwarner]

Anne Bronte - check Elizabeth Gaskell - CHECK Anthony Trollope - CHECK Louisa May Alcott - check Edith Wharton - check (at this point I was thinking that I would watch a Books and Things video and not need to buy any books LOL) Then having laid your "velvet trap" BANG - you try to double my TBR LOL

[@betinaceciliafeld9854]

I just finished North and South (I loved it with all my heart) and I obviously felt that connection with Pride and Prejudice but I also found some similarities with Mansfield Park with these sisters (Mrs Hale and Mrs Shaw) married with men from different social classes and this young girl raised among her rich relatives and being the strongest member of her family.

[@katiejlumsden]

Oh yes, I can definitely see that, fun!

[@laurengarciabookworm8376]

I whole-heartedly agree with all the recommendations that I've read too. I definitely want to pick up The Enchanted April. I love books with social criticism but don't hit you over the head with it.

[@ChaoticBibliophile]

Such a great list! I think it’s hard sometimes to go from Austen to other writers because her style is such a unique blend of the elements that you highlighted here, plus plain good writing. The Enchanted April is particularly apt I think. I have many to check out from here so thank you 😍

[@Its_me--Boo_Radley]

Another author who I wasn't familiar with until recently is Margaret Oliphant, who was a prolific Scottish author. I volunteer at a website (Distrituted Proofreading) that prepares out of copyright books for free digital distribution. I have proofread many, many of Mrs. Oliphant's works and, for the most part, they are very entertaining and representative of the times in which she wrote, from 1849 to 1896. These books can be downloaded for free from the Project Gutenberg web page and can be read on any number of platforms ... Kindle, phone, computer ... anything that can be used for digital books.

[@katiejlumsden]

Oh yes I love Margaret Oliphant - I definitely should have mentioned here. A great writer!

[@KierTheScrivener]

You just listed off my tbr so that reminds me I need to read these novels!

[@sandyokey7728]

You picked one of my favorite authors, Edith Wharton! I love her books so much as I do Jane Austen. I need to read Elizabeth Gaskell, I think she’s probably going to join them on my list of beloved authors

[@novellenovels]

I love so many of those authors. What EM Forster book would you recommend to start with? I love Elizabeth Gaskell soooo much 😍

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

All I can say is that you have added a few more books to my tbr list so thank you 🙏 please stay safe and enjoy your reading love your Australia fan John ❤️❤️❤️

[@teacupthestoryteller]

The Enchanted April has been on my TBR list for quite a while so I´ll read it soon, thank you. 😊 Also, I love your dotted teapot! 🥰

[@pmarkhill519]

Love Enchanted April!

[@helennelson5845]

I recently finished North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and so enjoyed it! For Jane Austen feels I like Georgette Heyer's Regency novels. Thank you for your recommendations Katie.

[@ADuchessInside]

Seconding the Georgette Heyer recommendation! She’s the first author I thought of.

[@helennelson5845]

@@ADuchessInsideyes her books are light and fun with a good dose of humour 😊

[@launchedathousand]

Thank you for reminding me about Now We Shall Be Entirely Free!

[@amywolfe5673]

Excellent suggestions! There are a few I have not heard of which will now be added, of course, to my ever growing TBR... 📚 As always, very much enjoying JAJ. Thanks so much for doing this.

[@kathleencraine7335]

Yes! Pym is the most Austen-like author--have read them all--time for a re-read. Thanks for mentioning Ursula Orange--I've read "Begin Again" and "Tom Tiddler's Ground", which are both excellent. One author you haven't mentioned is E. H. Young, who was early 20th c. British (Bristol area). I've read "The Misses Malletts" and "William", and they felt very Austen/Forster-ish to me; I plan to continue with her novels.

[@kari.bullet.journal]

Thank you so much for all these recommendations 🥰🥰🥰 I cannot wait to read some of those in the future. I am participating in Jane Austen July 🤍🤍🤍 I am focusing on art and calligraphy writing of her work in my journals 🖋📖

[@spreadbookjoy]

So many great recommendations here and authors I’ve had on my radar for a while. I definitely want to read Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Trollope and Barbara Pym!

[@AaronReadABook]

Patrick O'Brian always gives me Jane Austen vibes. But with sea battles and things. She certainly was a big influence on him.

[@janetsmith8566]

Great list! I’ve ordered A Question of Upbringing. 💕

[@GetExercised]

Funny, I hadn't considered myself an Austen fan but you mentioned some of my favorite authors and novels of all time (Forster, Gaskell, Remains of the Day, Enchanted April) so I'm going to read more of these and more Austen. 😅 I would add I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith to this list. It felt like a modern and saucier Austen-like story.

[@katiejlumsden]

Yes, I've heard a lot of people say that I Capture the Castle is quite Austen-esque. I actually didn't really like it myself but I think that was just me, everybody else seems very much to love it! Highly recommend more Austen :)

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I love this list! So many great books on it. I just read Mrs Lorimer's Quiet Summer by Molly Clavering which was a really fun exploration of women and family life that I really enjoyed. Also Arabella by Georgette Heyer was a fun Jane Austen-ish regency romance. Have you seen the film adaptation of The Enchanted April? It's wonderful.

[@katiejlumsden]

I have not, so good to know :)

[@janetsmith8566]

I adore it! An absolute favourite! So well cast. Must go watch it now 💕💕💕💕💕

[@HamsavahiniVajraasthra]

Namaste & Hello Katie😁That was an amazing Recommendations video👍👍👍I find Louisa May Alcott 's series of Little Women very close to Jane Austen which you did mention in this video😊. I' ll be definitely reading these books!!! Thanks for this video once again👍Happy Reading dear😁📚👍📖

[@rae_of_sunlight]

Oh wow, this list is basically just all my favourite books, so I suspect I'll love the ones I've not yet read, too!!

[@katiejlumsden]

Haha enjoy :D

[@im3gine]

I'd add Frances Burney to the list. Jane Austen really admired her and got inspired by her work. Willoughby from S&S comes from "Evelina" (there's a character named Clement Willoughby in the story) , Burney's first novel and the only one I've read so far but I really enjoyed it! Also, the title P&P seems to come from a passage in "Cecilia" that I've found online: “The whole of this unfortunate business,” said Dr Lyster, “has been the result of PRIDE and PREJUDICE.”(1)

[@marytumulty4257]

You’ve cited two very interesting literary tidbits. Thanks for sharing them.

[@katiejlumsden]

Yes I read Evelina and just didn't love it, but I'd like to try some more of her work.

[@saranvdv2768]

I’ve been wanting to read agnes grey for so long!! Definitely going to add it to my TBR!!

[@janetsmith8566]

Me too

[@bighardbooks770]

Think I'll read _North and South_ this #Victober

[@elizabethbrink3761]

These are amazing suggestions, Katie! There are so many 20th century women writers especially who seem to be in Jane Austen's writerly lineage. I definitely second Excellent Women by Barbara Pym. I have read it twice this year already and Barbara Pym is so subtle. I think Some Tame Gazelle would be a good one too. I could see Willa Cather being a good fit. I have just read Death Comes for the Archbishop and My Antonia, but they both have a quietness and richness to them. Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson is good tongue-in-cheek fun like Northanger Abbey.

[@katiejlumsden]

Thanks :)

[@ADuchessInside]

I really enjoyed this and got some great reading recommendations. Thanks!

[@marianamasbooks]

Ok now I want to read Mariana just because the book title is also my name. 😝

[@janetsmith8566]

Wow! Lovely name. Did your mother read it?

[@marianamasbooks]

@@janetsmith8566 haha no! It’s actually a very common name in México. When I was a kid in school we were always a lot of Marianas 😝

[@janetsmith8566]

@@marianamasbooks 😁👍🏻

[@taaptee]

thank you!! multiple additions to the tbr!

[@knittingbooksetc.2810]

I loved this video. I adore JA and this is full of great suggestions!! Fortunately I own many of them but you got me curious about some more recent ones.

[@ReadingNymph]

Will definitely be trying some of these recommendations

[@rustiqjoy]

Need to read some more Gaskell.

[@ThornfieldBooks]

Thank you for these recommendations! I've only read North and South by Gaskell but I would love to read more. 😊

[@janetsmith8566]

But…. The House of Mirth made me cry. So sad. Awesome writing though.

[@leticiatoraci9855]

Great recommendations, I'll check them out.

[@jm15xy]

Mmm...I'd recommend Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen. Mostly for her themes, _life with the lid on and what happens when the lid comes off._ There's a very good collection of her short stories by Vintage Books.

[@janetsmith8566]

Also, Barbara Pym references Elizabeth Bowen in one of her books as the author the main character is reading. So when I spotted that I ordered one of Bowen’s books. Haven’t read it yet though!

[@beatrixscudeler]

Yes I think Kazuo Ishiguro has to be my favourite contemporary author! I think both he and Austen have a way of revealing a lot about their characters by saying very little...also I keep thinking recently that The Buried Giant has something about it that reminds me of the tone of Persuasion!

[@MsDidi38]

I love Ishiguro. His blend of Japanese/English writing is so unique. I read Klara and the Sun last year, it was fantastic.

[@beatrixscudeler]

@@MsDidi38 I loved it as well! I keep telling myself that soon I will make a video about Austen and Ishiguro. Maybe I actually will get to it soon...

[@MsDidi38]

@@beatrixscudeler that would be awesome 😀

[@beatrixscudeler]

@@MsDidi38 ok good to know!

[@Leebearify]

May I add another suggestion ? How about Hester by Margaret Oliphant? Hester really reminded me of Austen, great writing and story and characterizations.

[@katiejlumsden]

Oh yes, good one indeed! I love Hester, such a great book.

[@08andylee]

I remember seeing Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in an adaption of Remains Of The Day back in the mid 90's. In fact, Christopher Reeves was also in the cast. I haven't thought of that story in years.

[@katiejlumsden]

It is good, though the book is far better.

[@MsDidi38]

@@katiejlumsden I love Kazuo Ishiguro, I have read most of his books. Can you do a video on him?

[@princesskatie331]

I read North and South based on your recommendation. Honestly, I found it so long and dreary; I couldn't get into the romance at all and the ending gave me no closure whatsoever. I think I need to wait awhile before trying another Gaskell. I'm going to try the enchanted april because it sound right up my alley.

[@meghanthestorygirl4581]

So many good ones for me to check out! The podcast, Bonnets at Dawn says that Anne Bronte is the gateway Bronte for Jane Austen fans and I have to agree. Also have you seen the Saoirse Ronan Little Women? I never thought I would say in my lifetime that I have a favourite movie because I love so many, but this adaptation is definitely it!

[@katiejlumsden]

I have, and I really loved it, more than the book I think I must say!

[@meghanthestorygirl4581]

@@katiejlumsden It is just so amazing!

[@Sherlika_Gregori]

Which book to start on Trollope?

[@katiejlumsden]

I recommend starting with Doctor Whortle's School :)

[@bookmouse2719]

A Room with a View :-)

[@jenmiller9744]

Can't quite read it... what does that Jane Austen spoilers card say?

[@katiejlumsden]

It says: Everyone gets married - below three different Austen novels :)

[@elizabethvanloan3368]

Have you read a biography on Jane Austen?

[@katiejlumsden]

Many! I have some recommendations here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ6zZ5iCeNuAgLM

[@brianhaas1154]

No mention of George Eliot? I know you don't really get on with Eliot, but come on! What did she ever do to you lol?

[@katiejlumsden]

Do you think George Eliot similar to Austen? Interesting. Considering the fact I don't like her work, I do actually recommend her a surprising amount, especially in my videos on Victorian literature - but it just didn't occur to me to mention her in this video. I suppose I can see some thematic similarities, but I guess I fine Eliot's style so dry in comparison to Austen's!

[@brianhaas1154]

@@katiejlumsden Yes, I believe that if readers enjoy Austen, they will also enjoy Eliot.