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Bad Dads of Jane Austen
Here we go again smashing the patriarchy. Happy Father’s Day! Plus: the most romantic apology in all of fiction, and glimpses of Darcy and Knightley as…
Jun 19
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He's a 10 but ...
We needed this, and Jane Austen started it. Also: let's revisit Kate Bush.
Jul 1
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Sally Rooney, Jane Austen, sexual tension and the 'grand philosophical project'
‘I think if there’s a well-enough rendered sense of sexual tension, the reader will read almost anything.” –Sally Rooney, speaking on The Cut podcast
Mar 4
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Mr. Wickham talks back.
Adrian Lukis has had some time to think about Jane Austen bad guys. His ‘Being Mr. Wickham' incorporates Regency history, scandal, and unexpected…
Apr 22
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Jane Austen’s power girls
Some of the ‘elegant females’ wield power. Some are downright dangerous.
May 26
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Jane Austen broke the fourth wall.
She deploys distractions, decoys and asides that are wildly absurd, wickedly sarcastic and consciously subversive and inventive, challenging our ideas…
Jun 16
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We’re finding joy with Jane Austen TV.
We’re celebrating Pride with ‘Fire Island’ and ‘Gentleman Jack’. We're reading Regency books. And we’re blowing past our first birthday with the Austen…
Jun 13
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Happy Mother’s Day. Let’s talk about bad mothers and Jane Austen.
Sometimes the best family is the one we create for ourselves.
May 7
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Six ways to get from Jane Austen to Bridgerton
Real romance, the Regency, and flowery fakery
Apr 1
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It's raining (Regency) men, from Sanditon and Bridgerton to Barton Cottage and Highbury
They're Byronic, gallant, cash-strapped and capturing hearts
Mar 10
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Does Jane Austen do Happily-Ever-After?
Jane Austen, HEAs, and other complications for an imperfect world
Feb 24
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Bad Love and Jane Austen, the romance-smasher
Have a Happy Valentine's Day
Feb 10
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