Images from Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion make up the six-stamp set.

BBC: Pride And Prejudice stamp

After all, Jane Austen wrote her gothic parody, Northanger Abbey, almost 200 years ago.

FORBES: A Forgotten Poe

It is not the first time that supernatural romances have seduced female audiences--Jane Austen parodied the genre's peddling of terror as titillation in Northanger Abbey.

FORBES: Medialand