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Why We’re Still Reading Jane Austen on Her 250th Birthday

Why We’re Still Reading Jane Austen on Her 250th Birthday

Lucy Worsley on Austen’s Desire for Fame and Why Her Books Don’t Truly Celebrate Marriage

By Lucy Worsley | September 16, 2025

Pride, Prejudice, Sex, and Drugs: How Jane Austen Helped Me Write a Profane Novel

Pride, Prejudice, Sex, and Drugs: How Jane Austen Helped Me Write a Profane Novel

Sarah Seltzer on Crafting Round Characters, Austen’s Literary Bad Behavior, and Being a Janeite

By Sarah Seltzer | August 12, 2024

Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey on How Austen’s Rushed Endings Undercut Her Reputation For Romance

By Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey | June 12, 2024

How American Critics Originated Jane Austen Scholarship

How American Critics Originated Jane Austen Scholarship

On the Birth of Austen Criticism

By Juliette Wells | November 6, 2023

Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

"When a book arrives somewhere emotionally moving, it’s because the reader has helped put it there."

By Hilary Leichter | October 6, 2023

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

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