Nov 13
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In my time at Jezebel, I am proud to have established myself as the site’s adaptation-hater at large, writing thousan…
Sep 4
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One of my fondest memories is having tea with a friend at the Jane Austen Center in Bath, under a portrait of Colin…
Mar 20
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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that every piece about Jane Austen must begin this way. It’s also true that…
Aug 4 2019
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Although she only lived to 42, Jane Austen wrote some of the most widely read and adapted novels of all-time.…
Feb 27 2019
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Elizabeth Holmes will lie about almost anything: her dog, what her speaking voice sounds like, the future of her…
Jan 12 2019
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Am I the only one who thought Jane Austen’s family was at least Pride and Prejudice-level poor?
Oct 30 2018
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Emily Alford
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Like many American girls, I was still in elementary school the first time I pilfered a copy of Flowers in the Attic…
Aug 29 2018
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A first edition of Pride and Prejudice is coming up for auction and estimated to go for as much as $23,390. OK, but…
Jul 24 2018
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A researcher has discovered what may be the earliest purchase of a Jane Austen novel. The customer was the man who…
Jul 10 2018
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Sanditon, the fragment of a novel Jane Austen was working on when she died, is being adapted into a splashy ITV…
Mar 23 2018
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“Some are born Janeites, some achieve Janeism, and some have Janeism thrust upon them,” Ted Scheinman writes in his…
Sep 8 2017
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Here is some truly excellent news for some very specific people: Curtis Sittenfeld’s Pride and Prejudice adaptation E…
Aug 7 2017
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The producers of Poldark are taking a shot at an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, drawing out the tale’s “darker…
Jul 18 2017
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The citizens of Basingstoke unveiled their bronze interpretation of the author on Tuesday to mark the 200th…
May 16 2017
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Helena Kelly
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Jane Austen’s public image has undergone many a revamp since her death two centuries ago this July. Often, however,…
Apr 4 2017
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Kate Fustich
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The most poignant image of a woman on TV in recent memory is none other than Reese Witherspoon driving along the…
Apr 2 2017
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On Sunday, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that suffragist Millicent Garrett Fawcett will be honored…
Mar 13 2017
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Everyone gather round and let’s play that perennial favorite parlor game, What Killed This Famous Dead Person?…
Feb 10 2017
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Jane Austen gifted us all with the romantic character of Mr. Darcy, a brooding yet honorable man who is simply…
Jan 23 2017
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No one knows for sure what Jane Austen looked like, but that won’t hold anyone back from erecting a statue of her…