Jane Austen Extended Reading

“Faultless” Cottages: A Comparison of Edward Ferrars & John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility

Abigail Rinkenberger considers the men of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, providing a thoughtful comparison between Edward Ferrars and John Willoughby.

Duty and Desire in Persuasion

Accidents and Safe Spaces: How Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth Negotiate between Duty and Desire in Jane Austen’s Persuasion Persuasion as Portrait of and Challenge to the Dichotomy of Gendere...

Pride and Prejudice and the Problem of Elizabeth, Jane, and Mr. Bennet

Seth Snow shares his thoughts on relationships in Pride and Prejudice

In Defence of Jane Austen

by Rhian Helen Fender   “Mrs Edwards thinks you are a child still. But we know better than that, don’t we.” So began the 2008 television adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1811 novel Sense and Sensibilit...

The Life and Crimes of Jane Leigh-Perrot

Ellen Moody takes us through Jane Leigh-Perot's potentially criminal history.

Emma the 'Imaginist'

Emma and Harriet discover the scope and limits of imagination.

Captured by Jane : An Exhibit at The Morgan

A review of the 2009-10 exhibit at the Morgan Library, New York, with text, images and sound.

A Jane Austen Event Calendar

Why do Jane Austen's unpleasant events always happen on Tuesday?