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.
Austen in South Asia
When we asked our readers to tell us how they first encountered Austen, we got responses from all over the…
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…
Cosplaying Jane Austen
Two hundred years after the novelist’s death, people still bond over her works. Sometimes, costumes are involved.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
'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.
Your Favorite Jane Austen Lines
“There are too many favourites,” begins the very first response to my callout for favorite Jane Austen lines, from…
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.
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…
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…
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.” …
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…
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…
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…