The Republic of Pemberley is an

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dedicated to the appreciation of the work of the English

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Jane Austen Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...

. The site was established shortly after the release of the 1995 BBC adaptation of Austen's

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Pride and Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is the second published novel (but third to be written) by English author Jane Austen, written when she was age 20-21, and later published in 1813. A novel of manners, it follows the character development of Elizabe ...

'', and takes its name from the estate owned by the hero Fitzwilliam Darcy. The website was co-founded by Myretta Robens and Amy Bellinger. It is the largest online Jane Austen fansite and had an average of 8 million to 10 million hits per month as of 2007. In 2000, there were one million page views of its fan-fiction area each year, and most of their fanfic authors are female. A World Without End For Fans of Jane Austen
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''. 2000. Stories based on ''Pride and Prejudice'' dominate the site as it is the most popular Austen work. The website contains chat rooms and bulletin boards and reproduces Austen's novels in their entirety, annotated with

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s and augmented by discussion boards, allowing readers to make connections between various parts of Austen's writings as well as interact with fellow readers. When screenwriter Andrew Davies met with some American women from the Republic of Pemberley, he said "They were all most insistent on the point that it is unresolved sexual tension that makes for a romantic drama."Mr Television
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