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Killing Mr. Darcy

You’ve heard it before: Modern men can’t measure up to Jane Austen’s heroes. Straight, female Janeites are hooked on impossible...

A wet shirt and a centennial

The venerable British Broadcasting Corporation turns 100 this year, a century after the launch of its first daily radio service. To mark...

Boo!

It’s the scary season – ghosts, witches, creaking doors in haunted houses. For Janeites, however, the Internet’s frightening capacity to...

Brass

Jane Austen, it seems, is the go-to novelist for anyone who wants to write about money. In 1937, the poet W.H. Auden famously remarked...

Silt and sensibility

As we Pride and Prejudice readers know, Mr. Darcy’s responsible stewardship of his beautiful grounds at Pemberley is an important factor...

Deck the halls

It was Christmas in July for those of us who spend our days looking for pop-culture recognition of Jane Austen’s genius: * July 14:...

Eternal verities

Despite the strangeness of this year, some eternal verities remain. Snowflakes. Evergreens. Misquoting Jane Austen. A few highlights of...

Cat person

A cheerful story with a political angle—and a Jane Austen twist! On the eve of Election Day here in the stressed-out, locked-down,...

Yum

Twenty-five years ago today, the BBC’s beloved adaptation of Pride and Prejudice began airing on UK TV. By the time the show made its way...

Cock-a-doodle-doo

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. Even though it bears no relation to anything else going on in Jane Austen World, you must allow...

Mr. Darcy, harasser?

Jane Austen has been used and abused in so many different ways by now, pressed into service to sell everything from perfume to romance...

Greatest Hits, Part II

As I have pointed out rather often, most recently earlier this week, the Internet is filled with quotes from filmed adaptations of Jane...