Jane Austen never directly reports a protagonist saying “yes” to a marriage proposal. For Valentine’s Day, I explore why.
Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice
Austen: Romance without Words
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Our Round of Austen-Like Visitations
Julia and I spent the last week in a series of visits such as one encounters in Jane Austen novels.
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Alas, Poor Twitter–I Knew Him, Ho-Ratio
Literary allusions have been flying, many with a sense of doom, since Elon Musk purchased Twitter.
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Jane Austen, Fountain of Youth
89-year-old Ruth Wilson finds that rereading Jane Austen keeps her feeling young.
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Jane Austen Will Cure What Ails You
Jane Austen therapy has been prescribed for war vets, London civilians under attack, and people hiding out from Covid.
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Condemned to Read Dickens, Austen
A British judge has ordered a white supremacist to read Dickens and Austen. Why these authors.
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Woolf and On Board Lit Conversations
To move from Jo Nesbo’s Nordic Noir to Virginia Woolf is to experience emotional whiplash.
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Does Lightweight Lit Do Damage?
I look at how thinkers over the centuries have viewed so-called popular or lightweight literature.
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