Of all Jane Austen’s novels, “Emma” may gives us the most interesting character study.
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Dark Doubles in Jane Austen
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Comedy & Sentiment, a Potent Mixture
Literature that moves the heart seems opposed to comedy, but sometimes they work together.
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Mr. Collins and the Right’s War on Women
Rightwing attacks on reproductive rights have their antecedents in the moralistic judgments of Mr. Collins and Mary Bennet in “Pride and Prejudice.”
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Test Your Knowledge of Jane Austen
A quiz to test your knowledge of Jane Austen novels.
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Marianne’s Passion for Dead Leaves
In “Sense and Sensibility,” Austen gets us to reflect on the attractions and dangers of Nature.
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Austen, Moral Equivocation, and the NFL
My love of the NFL runs me up against some real moral quandaries. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte would understand.
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Why the Wealthy Get Wealthier
Thomas Piketty turns to Jane Austen and Honoré de Balzac to analyze “Capitalism in the 21st Century.”
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Austen on Bad Reasons for Getting Married
In “Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen systematically explores bad reasons for getting married.
