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The Sister Spectrum - what the sisters in Jane Austen are telling us
We've got Bennets, Dashwoods, flirtatious Bertrams, and sinister Steeles. The sisters in Jane Austen are doing a lot of work. Substacker Tash breaks it…
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The Guide: 2026 Great Jane Austen Read-Along
Here's an overview guide for the rotating discussion posts of the Great Jane Austen Read-Along - with updates along the way
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The only sensible girl: Mary Bennet
The too-good Austen heroine, and the rest of the story
Jul 4
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Hot Shakespeare and mad masculinity
We’re still talking about the Manosphere and Jane Austen - but we're also having fun.
Jun 20
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Jane Austen and the Manosphere
Men are searching for their place. Jane Austen can help with that.
May 30
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‘She was only Anne’
Nov 9, 2025
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Shhh. We're reading Northanger Abbey
Feb 9, 2025
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'I hope I do not break your heart'
Jul 18, 2024
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A Jane Austen heroine resists
Jul 27, 2025
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Mansfield Park Week 5 - Mansfield family values
Girl-boss Mary Crawford, and six questions about 'Mansfield Park' with JASNA's Renata Dennis
Aug 2
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Mansfield Park Week 4 - A heroine resists
We're weathering the Mansfield Park storms and theatrics
Jul 26
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Mansfield Park Week 3 - Flirtation and FOMO in a garden
We’re making our way through Mansfield Park
Jul 19
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Mansfield Park Week 2 - Mary Crawford, Mansfield, and Materialists
The readalong continues with: Love and money, math and matrimony, and the choices we make
Jul 12
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Love is blind and attention is power
Love and objectification in the Attention Economy, and in Jane Austen
Apr 18
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Reading Mansfield Park in the #MeToo era
Fanny Price is a heroine for our times
Mar 28
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Jane Austen goes to the Oscars
‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’ gives the Austen fandom something to root for.
Mar 14
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Fire on ice: Heated Rivalry, Elizabeth and Darcy, and enemies-to-lovers romance
And what it all has to do with Jane Austen
Mar 7
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The violent, Romantic logic of ‘Wuthering Heights’
And Emily Bronte’s Model Collapse
Feb 21
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Reading Jane Austen for the first time
Let's talk about love and Big Books - with tips from Librarian Tabrizia Jones and Plain Jane
Feb 14
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My Top 10 Jane Austen Lectures on YouTube
We're hanging out with Jane Austen videos. Netflix and chill, without Netflix. Plus, an extravaganza of Jane Austen links!
Feb 7
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We're coming for you, 2026
We're talking about and reading Jane Austen, together, all year long.
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