alt Hacker NewsPatrick O'Brian (author of the Aubrey/Maturin series) was a huge Austen fan and intentionally modeled his writing style after hers. Post Captain (book 2) is the most explicit homage, with a number of character names borrowed from Austen's work.
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BoxOfRain • last Thursday at 10:32 AM
I couldn't recommend Patrick O'Brian more, I binged the entire Aubrey-Maturin series during lockdown and was genuinely sad for a week when I reached the end of it.
BLKNSLVR • last Wednesday at 10:23 PM
I'm (very) slowly collecting the Aubrey/Martin series from second hand bookshops.
For some reason I stopped reading the first book 50-odd pages in, but I will be returning!
The early books in particular are Austen with sailing, swearing, and sex.