Elizabeth Aston Books in Order
Elizabeth Aston has written 13 books, published between 2003 and 2015. The first book is Mr. Darcy's Daughters (2003) and the newest is Mr Darcy Requests the Pleasure (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2003–2015
- Pages on record
- 2,600 in 8 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 43–65 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,600 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Elizabeth Aston is a pen name of Elizabeth Edmondson (21 February 1948 to 11 January 2016), an English author who also wrote as Elizabeth Pewsey. Edmondson studied Jane Austen at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and many of the stories adapt or continue Austen's works, starting with Mr. Darcy's Daughters in 2003. The catalogue holds 13 Aston books through Mr Darcy Requests the Pleasure (2015), with the series Darcy and Darcy Short Stories/Novellas. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet appear among the subjects, along with historical romance, sisters, London and Italy. Edmondson also founded a youth holiday orchestra in the York area that has run since 1992.
How many Elizabeth Aston books are there?
Elizabeth Aston has 13 books, released between 2003 and 2015. 6 of them belong to the Darcy series.
Elizabeth Aston Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Elizabeth Aston books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120033601/4
- 2The Way of the World2003 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/420033601/4
- 320043531/4
- 420063411/4
- 520073001/4
- 620083041/4
- 720092841/4
- 8Writing Jane Austen2010 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/420102981/4
- 92014–1/4
- 102014–1/4
- 112014–1/4
- 122015–1/4
- 132015–1/4
Elizabeth Aston books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Darcy in order
6 booksDarcy Short Stories/Novellas
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
2 books2 Elizabeth Aston titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Elizabeth Aston books in order?
You only need to read Elizabeth Aston books in order within the Darcy series, which holds 6 of the 13 Elizabeth Aston books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Elizabeth Aston
Start with Mr. Darcy's Daughters (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Elizabeth Aston book?
Mr Darcy Requests the Pleasure (2015) is the newest Elizabeth Aston book released so far.
Is there a new Elizabeth Aston book coming?
No next Elizabeth Aston book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Elizabeth Aston at a glance
- Died
- Elizabeth Aston died in 2016, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Elizabeth Aston on record dates from 2015.
- Release pace
- Elizabeth Aston books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,600 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elizabeth Aston books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2000s.
What the Elizabeth Aston books are about
8 of the 13 Elizabeth Aston books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: young women is tagged on 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Young women 6 of 8 books
- Historical fiction 4 of 8 books
- England 3 of 8 books
- London (England) 3 of 8 books
- Historical romance 3 of 8 books
- Fitzwilliam Darcy (Fictitious character) 2 of 8 books
- Sisters 2 of 8 books