‘Relative’ Opinions

• Austen, Henry, ‘Biographical Notice’, prefaced to the first edition of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (1818), and revised for the Bentley edition in 1833.
• Austen-Leigh, James-Edward, A Memoir of Jane Austen (1870).

The ‘Sacred Six’ & Other Writings of the Lady

• Austen, Jane, Catharine and Other Writings, ed. Margaret Anne Doody and Douglas Murray (Oxford University Press, 1998).
• Austen, Jane, Emma, ed. Fiona Stafford (Penguin Books, 1996).
• Austen, Jane, Lady Susan/The Watsons/Sanditon, ed. Margaret Drabble (Penguin Books, 1974).
• Austen, Jane, Love and Freindship and other writings, selected by Janet Todd (Phoenix, 1998).
• Austen, Jane, Mansfield Park, ed. Kathryn Sutherland (Penguin Books, 1996).
• Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey, ed. Marilyn Butler (Penguin Books, 1995).
• Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey, ed. Anne Henry Ehrenpreis (Penguin Books, 1985).
• Austen, Jane, Persuasion with A Memoir of Jane Austen, ed. D. W. Harding (Penguin Books, 1988).
• Austen, Jane, Persuasion, ed. Gillian Beer (Penguin Books, 2003).
• Austen, Jane, Persuasion, introduction and notes, Dr. W.A. Craik (Pan Books, 1975).
• Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice, ed. Vivien Jones (Penguin Books, 1996).
• Austen, Jane, Sense and Sensibility, ed. Ros Ballaster (Penguin Books, 1995).

Best Biography

• Laski, Marghanita, Jane Austen and Her World (Thames and Hudson, 1969).
• Tomalin, Claire, Jane Austen: A Life (Penguin Books, 1998).

Regency Reveal

• Chris, Theresa, Georgette Heyer’s Regency England (Sidgwick, 1989).
• Richardson, J., The Regency (Collins, 1973).
• Titles and Forms of Address (A&C Black, 1966).

Decorative Delights

• Earl Spencer, Charles, Althorpe Living History (Theodore Alexander, 2005).
• Quinn, Tom/ Riddle, Paul, Country Houses of Britain & Ireland (New Holland, 2005).
• Bly, John, John Bly’s Antiques Masterclass (Octopus, 2005).
• The Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts, ed. Harold Osborne (Oxford University Press, 1975).

Period Periodicals

• Jane Austen’s Regency World (Lansdown Media).
• Jasna News (The Jane Austen Society of North America).
• Persuasions/The Jane Austen Journal (The Jane Austen Society of North America).

Wordsmiths-Extraordinaire

• The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, 1997).
• The New Collins Concise Dictionary of the English Language (Collins, 1982).
• The New Oxford Dictionary of English (Oxford University Press, 1998).

Weave from the Worldly Web

• AustenBlog, http://www.austenblog.com/
• British History Online, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
• Jane Austen’s World, http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/
• Jessamyn’s Regency Costume Companion, http://www.songsmyth.com/
• Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99 (Microsoft, 1993-1998).
• The Republic of Pemberley, http://www.pemberley.com/
• UK Historic Houses & Stately Homes, Royal Palaces, Gardens and Castles, Heritage Sites for England, Scotland and Wales, http://www.statelyhomes.com/