Would Jane Austen Approve? You be the Judge!

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Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shadows and transforms into a desired woman with choices of her own.
Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the last home of Jane Austen. Now it's home to her remaining heirs and a diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy.
Chef Ashna Raje desperately needs to save her restaurant. When she's asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, a hit reality show teaming chefs with celebrities, it seems like just the leap of faith she needs. She's a chef, what's the worst that could happen? Rico Silva, that's what. Being paired with a celebrity who was her first love, the man who ghosted her at the worst possible time in her life, only proves what Ashna has always believed: leaps of faith are a recipe for disaster.
London, 1815: Two travelers arrive in a field in rural England, disheveled and weighed down with hidden money. They are not what they seem, but rather colleagues who have come back in time from a technologically advanced future, posing as a doctor and his spinster sister. While Rachel and Liam aren't the first team from the future to "go back," their mission is by far the most audacious: meet, befriend, and steal from Jane Austen herself.
Ayesha Shamsi lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her younger cousin, Hafsa, is close to rejecting her one hundredth marriage proposal. She meets Khalid, who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the new gossip she hears about his family.
When an invitation arrives to a lavish wedding, Mrs. Binat sets to work preparing her daughters to find eligible bachelors. The eldest sister, Jena, catches the eye of a successful entrepreneur. But his friend Darsee is clearly unimpressed and Alys, the second eldest, overhears his unflattering assessment of her and quickly dismisses him. As the days of wedding parties unfold, Alys begins to realize that Darsee's brusque manner may be hiding a different man from the one she saw at first.
Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco's most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that's not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family. Up-and-coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and place pedigree above character. He needs the lucrative job the Rajes offer, but he values his pride too much to indulge Trisha's arrogance. And then he discovers that she's the only surgeon who can save his sister's life.
Zuri Benitez has Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. When the Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can't stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. But with four wild sisters and cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and upcoming college applications, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick's changing landscape.
Mary Bennet possesses neither the beauty of her sister, Jane, nor the high-spirited wit of Lizzy. Even compared to her frivolous younger siblings, Kitty and Lydia, Mary knows she is lacking in the ways that matter for single women in nineteenth-century England who must find a husband. Mary pictures herself growing old, a spinster, dependent on the charity of others. But even her fictional creations are no match for the scandal, tragedy, and romance that eventually visit her life.
Caught between the joys of Singleton fun, and the fear of dying alone and being found three weeks later half eaten by an Alsatian; tortured by Smug Married friends asking, "How's your love life?" with lascivious, yet patronizing leers, Bridget resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult and learn to program the VCR.
In this Jane Austen-inspired comedy, love story, and exploration of identity and destiny, a modern L.A. girl wakes up as an Englishwoman in Austen's time.
Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family. Jane, however, discovers holiday cheer is fleeting. One of the Yuletide revelers dies in a tragic accident, which Jane immediately views with suspicion. Whom can Jane trust to help her discover the truth and stop the killer from striking again?
Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her finely sighted eye for the frailties of human behavior and her finely tuned ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships.
Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury to prepare for the launch of her interior design business. She re-enters the household of her hypochondriac father, who has been living alone on a steady diet of vegetables and vitamin supplements. Soon Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a naïve but charming young teacher's assistant. Harriet is Emma's inspiration to do the two things she does best: offer guidance to those less wise in the ways of the world and put her matchmaking skills to use.
Picking up where Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice left off, The Bad Miss Bennet takes readers on a wild Regency adventure with Lydia Wickham, née Bennet, who finds herself in dire need of a new husband.