Wherever You Go, There You Are: On Setting and Society in <em>Pride and Prejuduce</em>

Wherever You Go, There You Are: On Setting and Society in Pride and Prejuduce

C.K. Chau Considers the Impact of Place in Jane Austen’s Classic

By C.K. Chau | July 11, 2023

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

“Maybe the sort of multicultural representation we see in recent Regency romances can be a kind of medicine.”

By Sayantani DasGupta | June 16, 2023

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

Emily Harding Can't Separate the Independent Streak from the Austen Worldview

By Emily Harding | May 24, 2023

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

Hilary Mantel had an unpublished Jane Austen-inspired novel.

Hilary Mantel had an unpublished Jane Austen-inspired novel.

By Janet Manley | April 21, 2023

Is <em>Persuasion</em> the Perfect Novel?

Is Persuasion the Perfect Novel?

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From <em>Fleabag</em> to <em>Persuasion</em>, the Rise of the Mussy-Haired, Self-Hating Sarcasm Machine

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Emmeline Clein on “Dissociation Feminism” and the Cold Embrace of Irony

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Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

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How Joel Kim Booster’s Rom-Com Engages with Literary History

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