Jó pár éve, hogy a Büszkeség és balìtélet meg a zombik kapcsán összeszedtem egy csokorba, hogy milyen egyéb klasszikusok paranormális feldolgozásban könyveket lehet még olvasni. Azóta ezen kötetek száma csak tovább gyarapodott és én szépen meg is feledkeztem róla. Nemrég a Molyon futottam bele egy karcba, ahol egy Jane Austen adaptációban meg sárkányok tűnnek fel. S mivel nem ez volt az első ilyen kötet az elmúlt időszakban, amivel találkoztam, utánanéztem és kiderült, hogy mostanában bizony feljöttek ezek a mesebeli lények annyira, hogy rendszeresen felbukkannak alternatív történelmi regényekben. Mert miért is ne lehetne összeházasítani két népszerű toposzt: Jane Austent és a sárkányokat.

Amúgy az már korábban is feltűnt, hogy az alternatív történelmi korokba szívesen tesznek a szerzők sárkányokat. Elég csak Naomi Novik magyarul sajnos félbe maradt Tremeaire ciklusára gondolni, ami a Napóleoni háborúk idején játszódik de olvastam már a Sárkányok természetrajzáról is.

Most elérkezett az idő, hogy összeszedjek a Jane Austen inspirálta sárkányos regényekből  is egy csokornyit.

Az első, legyen tehát a Jane Austen Sárkányai sorozat, ami immár a 8. köteténél tart.

Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon (Jane Austen's Dragons, #1) by Maria Grace
Published by White Soup Press on October 25, 2016
Pages: 340
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England is overrun by dragons of all shapes and sizes. Most people are blissfully unaware of them and the Pendragon Treaty that keeps the peace between human and Dragon kind.  Only those born with preternatural hearing, like Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are able to hear and converse with dragonkind.
When the first firedrake egg laid in a century is stolen from Pemberley, the fragile dragon peace teeters on collapse. Darcy has no choice but to chase down the thief, a journey that leads him to quaint market town of Meryton and fellow Dragon Keeper, Elizabeth Bennet. 
Elizabeth shares a unique bond with dragons, stronger than anything Darcy has ever experienced. More than that, her vast experience and knowledge of dragon lore may be the key to uncovering the lost egg. . But Elizabeth can’t stand Darcy’s arrogance and doesn’t trust him to care properly for a precious baby firedrake. After all, he already lost the egg once. What’s to prevent it from happening again?
Can he win her trust and recover the stolen egg before it hatches and sends England spiraling back into the Dark Ages of Dragon War?

 

A másik, amivel pont én találkoztam, még nem jelent meg, de az a Stephanie Burgis ìrta, akinek ifjúsági regénysorozatával a Kat, Incorrigiblelel megismerkedtem, kedveltem és azóta is figyelem a munkásságát. Meseregények mellett spekulatìv fikciót is ìr felnőtteknek. Legújabb ősszel indult Régens sárkányok sorozatát azzal kezdi, hogy Eleanor (mint az Értelem és érzelemben) sárkányt lop. Tehát igazából csak inspiráció lesz Austen.

Scales and Sensibility (Regency Dragons, #1) by Stephanie Burgis
Published by Five Fathoms Press on October 4, 2021
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Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the model poor relation when she moved into her aunt and uncle's house. She certainly never meant to kidnap her awful cousin Penelope's pet dragon. She never expected to fall in love with the shameless - but surprisingly sweet - fortune hunter who came to court Penelope, either. And she never dreamed that she would have to enter into an outrageous magical charade to save her younger sisters' futures.


However, even the most brilliant scholars of 1817 England still haven't ferreted out all the lurking secrets of rediscovered dragonkind...and even the most sensible of heroines can still make a reckless wish or two when she's pushed. Now Elinor will have to find out just how rash and resourceful she can be when she sets aside all common sense. Maybe, just maybe, she'll even be impractical enough to win her own true love and a happily ever after...with the unpredictable and dangerous "help" of the magical creature who has adopted her.
A frothy Regency rom-com full of pet dragons and magical misadventures, Scales and Sensibility is a full-length novel and the first in a new series of standalone romantic comedies.

 

Ismét egy Büszkeség és balìtélet karakterekkel operáló történet, amelyben Elizabeth Bennett sárkányokkal suttogó. Ez is sorozatnak ìgérkezik, az első kötet most 2021 májusában jelent meg.

Miss Bennet’s Dragon (Jane Austen Fantasy, #1) by M. Verant
Published by Acerbic Press on May 2, 2021
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An unforgettable fantasy retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice that is romantic, funny, and more relevant than ever.
Elizabeth Bennet is hiding a forbidden power. She can speak to draca, the fire-breathing creatures kept as status symbols by English gentry. If only Mr. Darcy would stop noticing… and hinting at his own dark secret.
When Elizabeth’s sister falls deathly ill, the cure lies in the mysteries of draca. Elizabeth, aided by her brilliant sister Mary, defies restrictive English society to hunt for lost draca lore. She must hurry. England’s war with France has drawn other hunters, and they have darker goals.
Elizabeth’s search leads her to the fabulous Pemberley estate, home of the entitled and infuriating man whose proposal she scorned. There, Elizabeth’s worlds smash together—protocol against passion, and exultation against the risk of love.
But the stakes are greater than her sister’s life. Elizabeth must test herself against a distant war.
And her enemy is not who she thought.
“Thrilling, superbly paced, and moving. I highly recommend this novel to fans of Jane Austen, as well as to anyone who has ever pondered the mystery of dragons.” – Katherine Sturtevant, author of At the Sign of the Star
“A historical romance that encompasses the Napoleonic Wars, arcane marriage laws, and women with the power to command the fiercest, most dangerous, and wisest of beasts.” – Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, author of All That Was Asked
Miss Bennet’s Dragon is a stand-alone story that begins a trilogy of Jane Austen Fantasy.

 

Románc, bálok és sárkányok, a leírás alapján ez a szintén 2021-es sorozatindító talán inkább a fiatalabb korosztályt (YA) célozza meg.

A Proper Dragon: A Regency Gaslamp Fantasy by E.B. Wheeler
Published by Rowan Ridge Press on June 12, 2021
Pages: 220
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If Phoebe's magic doesn't behave, London will be a disaster.
Phoebe Hart is one of the dragon-linked, those chosen by a young dragon as a companion, who get magic in return. Her family and country neighbors have never been happy about her abilities, so she hopes to find her place in London. But neither her dragon nor her magic behaves as she would wish, and London is full of pitfalls: runaway girls in need of saving, anti-magic Luddites threatening the dragon-linked, and the handsome-but-chilly Viscount Westing, who continually catches Phoebe off guard. Can she navigate London's cut-throat ballrooms and drawing-rooms to have a triumphant Season-and unmask a dangerous enemy in the process?

 

A Heartstone trilógia igazi sárkányos fantasy amely Jane Austen regényeinek elemeit használja fel a főszereplők közötti dinamikák ábrázolásánál. (A sorozat lezárult, már megjelentek korábban a Dragonshadow és Flamebrigner részek is). Sőt a szerzőtől magyarul is lehet novellát olvasni, mert írt az idén a Gabo gondozásában megjelent Sárkányok könyve gyűjteménybe.

Heartstone (Heartstone, #1) by Elle Katharine White
Published by Harper Voyager on January 17, 2017
Pages: 352
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A debut historical fantasy that recasts Jane Austen’s beloved Pride & Prejudice in an imaginative world of wyverns, dragons, and the warriors who fight alongside them against the monsters that threaten the kingdom: gryphons, direwolves, lamias, banshees, and lindworms.
They say a Rider in possession of a good blade must be in want of a monster to slay—and Merybourne Manor has plenty of monsters.
Passionate, headstrong Aliza Bentaine knows this all too well; she’s already lost one sister to the invading gryphons. So when Lord Merybourne hires a band of Riders to hunt down the horde, Aliza is relieved her home will soon be safe again.
Her relief is short-lived. With the arrival of the haughty and handsome dragonrider, Alastair Daired, Aliza expects a battle; what she doesn’t expect is a romantic clash of wills, pitting words and wit against the pride of an ancient house. Nor does she anticipate the mystery that follows them from Merybourne Manor, its roots running deep as the foundations of the kingdom itself, where something old and dreadful slumbers . . . something far more sinister than gryphons.
It’s a war Aliza is ill-prepared to wage, on a battlefield she’s never known before: one spanning kingdoms, class lines, and the curious nature of her own heart.
Elle Katharine White infuses elements of Austen’s beloved novel with her own brand of magic, crafting a modern epic fantasy that conjures a familiar yet wondrously unique new world.