Self-help hits rock Botton
Philosopher Alain De Botton's new how-to series isn't just shallow, it's downright unhelpful
Monday, May 13, 2013 7:58 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books
Philosopher Alain De Botton's new how-to series isn't just shallow, it's downright unhelpful
Monday, May 13, 2013 7:58 PM UTCFilm adaptations of Jane Austen's 200-year-old masterpiece SLIDE SHOW
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:55 PM UTC 20Has our pep-talk-prone culture led readers to shun tragic literary classics?
Saturday, Dec 1, 2012 12:30 AM UTC 55An English professor measures the brain activity of readers, and finds we respond differently when reading for fun
Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 4:05 PM UTCUpdated: A rare, unfinished manuscript commands $1.6 million in London
Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 9:15 PM UTCThe prizewinner slams Jane Austen and claims men are better novelists. It would be funny if it weren't so sad
Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 7:42 PM UTC 71A critic says Jane Austen taught him to be a more decent man, but the world is full of well-read jerks
Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 12:28 AM UTC 60From Sherlock Holmes to Jane Austen: How classic fiction figures would have adapted to the digital age
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2010 12:27 AM UTC 40Ask not what zombies can do for Austen, but what she can do for the zombies
Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 11:01 AM UTC 11Great novelist, chick-lit pioneer, vampire. Will the real Miss Austen please stand up?
Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 1:21 AM UTC 22It's your favorite Jane Austen book, now with new "bone-crushing zombie action."
Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 2:02 PM UTCThis misguided movie imagines Jane Austen's life as a genteel, tasteful Harlequin romance.
Friday, Aug 3, 2007 11:40 AM UTC 26A new wave of Austen-mania revolves around ballgowns, romance and Colin Firth's sexy breeches. But what would Jane herself say about this fantasy of the perfect man?
Wednesday, Jun 27, 2007 12:00 PM UTC 72British publisher gives "plain" author an extreme makeover.
Monday, Apr 2, 2007 2:49 PM UTC 15It's heartwarming! It's romantic! Poor Jane Austen must be rolling in her grave over the new film of her great novel.
Wednesday, Dec 21, 2005 12:00 PM UTC 77We're both married with kids -- should I even mention how I feel?
Wednesday, Nov 23, 2005 12:13 PM UTC 65It is a truth universally acknowledged that Lizzy and Mr. Darcy did not get it on.
Sunday, Nov 20, 2005 8:20 PM UTCThe New York Post treats Jane Austen like Chuck Palahniuk.
Friday, Nov 11, 2005 8:25 PM UTCChick lit is often dissed for being trashy and dumb. Back off! These novels of fashion and family are recording women's history.
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2005 12:03 PM UTC 22My list includes Toni Morrison, Henry James, Faulkner and Beckett. Why are there some great writers we just cannot read?
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