Bi-Austen-tennial
A celebration of the life and legacy of Jane Austen, 200 years after her death
On Teaching, but Not Loving, Jane Austen
I used to adore the Pride and Prejudice author. But over the years I’ve grown more ambivalent toward her and the fervor for her work.
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Austen in South Asia
When we asked our readers to tell us how they first encountered Austen, we got responses from all over the…
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Your Favorite Jane Austen Adaptations
Last week we asked readers to share: What’s your favorite Jane Austen-related adaptation? Or, if you prefer: What’s your least…
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Hugh Thompson / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Cosplaying Jane Austen
Two hundred years after the novelist’s death, people still bond over her works. Sometimes, costumes are involved.
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Building a Career From Austen Fandom
Among the many readers who answered our call for Jane Austen introduction stories, we heard from some whose early encounters…
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Hugh Thompson / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Queering the Work of Jane Austen Is Nothing New
Starting in the Victorian era, stage performers and writers have been subverting the novelist’s reputation as the go-to author for conventional, heterosexual love.
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Watching ‘Pride and Prejudice’ While Falling Out of Love
In the early winter of 2006, I was living with my soon-to-be ex-boyfriend. We’d recently moved into a beautifully renovated…
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Austen in the Archives
This week at The Atlantic we’re marking the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death with a celebration of her life…
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C. E. Brock / Katie Martin / The ... Making Peace With Jane Austen’s Marriage Plots
Her work has done more than any other author’s to influence what “happily ever after” means in culture.
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Why My Dad Reads Jane Austen
If you took Elinor Dashwood, the heroine of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, and turned her into a male software…
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Hugh Thompson / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Jane Austen and the Redemption of Gawkiness
The novelist had a soft spot for awkward talkers and stumbling lovers—which was an immense relief for me growing up as a shy person.
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Your Favorite Jane Austen Characters
Last week I asked readers to tell us about their favorite characters from Jane Austen’s body of work. Janeites responded…
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Photos.com / Getty / Africa Studio / Shutterstock ... 'On the Wrong Side of Five-and-Thirty': How Jane Austen Grew Up
As a teen writing a draft of the book that would become Sense and Sensibility, the novelist poked fun at her older characters. By the time it was published, she was their age.
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Your Favorite Jane Austen Lines
“There are too many favourites,” begins the very first response to my callout for favorite Jane Austen lines, from…
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PeJo / Shutterstock / C. E. Brock / ... Colin Firth's Shirt: Jane Austen and the Rise of the Female Gaze
She died 200 years ago. But her writing fits perfectly into the culture of the current moment.
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Your First Encounters With Austen
I’ll admit to tearing up, the way you do for the end of a really good novel, as I read…
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Send Us Your Best Jane Austen Memes
If Jane Austen were alive today, I like to think she’d be pretty at home on the internet. That eminently…
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Tell Us: What’s the Best Jane Austen Adaptation?
“The first rule of Fight Club is: One never mentions Fight Club. No corsets, no hat pins—and no crying.” …
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Tell Us: Who’s Your Favorite Jane Austen Character?
Just before she began writing Emma, Jane Austen called the novel’s young protagonist “a heroine whom no-one but myself will…
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Tell Us: What’s Your Favorite Jane Austen Line?
I learned Jane Austen’s lines like a second language when I was growing up. My quip-quoting, BBC box-set owning, Austen-loving…
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Tell Us: What Was Your Meet-Cute With Jane Austen?
If you, like me, are a fan of Jane Austen’s novels, you must acknowledge the crucial importance of a good…
