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It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than a conversation with the fabulous stand-up, actor, improviser and author Rachel Parris! Rachel's Austen credentials are acute. As well as being a founding member of the amazing Austen-inspired improv group Austentatious, alongside former YB guests Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter Murray, her first novel, Introducing Mrs Collins, is a sequel, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice. We talked to Rachel about Jane Austen (a lot), regency sex scenes, bookish palate cleansers and an adult version of the Jolly Postman. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - All Grown UpRachel Parris - Introducing Mrs CollinsJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen - Sense and SensibilityJane Austen - PersuasionCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreMonique Roffey - Mermaid of Black ConchJennie Godfrey - The List of Suspicious ThingsAmbrose Parry - The Way of all Flesh: A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1George Eliot - MiddlemarchJulie Owen Moylan - Elizabeth and MarilynHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryJilly Cooper - RivalsJackie Collins - Vendetta: Lucky's RevengeTruman Capote - Breakfast at TiffanysWinifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a DayNikki May - This Motherless LandJane Austen - Mansfield ParkLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenCurtis Sittenfeld - EligibleCurtis Sittenfeld - PrepCurtis Sittenfeld - American WifeGraydon Carter - When the Going Was GoodTina Brown - The Vanity Fair DiariesAndrew O'Hagan - Caledonian RoadBarbara Kingsolver - Demon CopperheadLouise Candlish - Our HouseAdele Parks - Just Between UsLucy Foley - The Paris ApartmentLucy Foley - The Hunting PartyHolly Bourne - So Thrilled For YouJ.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst - SJanet and Allan Ahlberg - The Jolly Postman