Self-help hits rock Botton
Philosopher Alain De Botton's new how-to series isn't just shallow, it's downright unhelpful
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Jane Austen
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“Pride and Prejudice” on film
Film adaptations of Jane Austen's 200-year-old masterpiece SLIDE SHOW
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:55 PM UTC 20Entertainment slideshow, Movies, Books
Tyranny of the happy ending
Has our pep-talk-prone culture led readers to shun tragic literary classics?
Saturday, Dec 1, 2012 12:30 AM UTC 55Entertainment Thomas Hardy, george eliot
Your brain loves Jane Austen
An English professor measures the brain activity of readers, and finds we respond differently when reading for fun
Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 4:05 PM UTCEntertainment Readers and Reading
Sold: The ultimate Jane Austen accessory
Updated: A rare, unfinished manuscript commands $1.6 million in London
Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 9:15 PM UTCEntertainment Jane Austen, Books
V. S. Naipaul says women can’t write
The 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 71Entertainment Jane Austen, Books
Does reading great books make you a better person?
A 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 60Entertainment Jane Austen
Which literary character is a Facebook addict?
From Sherlock Holmes to Jane Austen: How classic fiction figures would have adapted to the digital age
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2010 12:27 AM UTC 40Entertainment Sherlock Holmes
The Jane Austen mash-ups we’d really love to see
Ask not what zombies can do for Austen, but what she can do for the zombies
Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 11:01 AM UTC 11Entertainment Jane Austen, Books
The battle for Jane Austen
Great novelist, chick-lit pioneer, vampire. Will the real Miss Austen please stand up?
Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 1:21 AM UTC 22Entertainment Jane Austen, Books
“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”
It's your favorite Jane Austen book, now with new "bone-crushing zombie action."
Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 2:02 PM UTCLife Broadsheet, Jane Austen
“Becoming Jane”
This misguided movie imagines Jane Austen's life as a genteel, tasteful Harlequin romance.
Friday, Aug 3, 2007 11:40 AM UTC 26Entertainment Jane Austen, Movies
I dream of Darcy
A 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 72Life Fiction, Jane Austen
Jane Austen: Hot or not?
British publisher gives "plain" author an extreme makeover.
Monday, Apr 2, 2007 2:49 PM UTC 15Life Broadsheet, Jane Austen
Pride and pathetic
It'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 77Entertainment Jane Austen, Movies
I’m in love with my co-worker
We're both married with kids -- should I even mention how I feel?
Wednesday, Nov 23, 2005 12:13 PM UTC 65Life Since You Asked, Jane Austen
Sense and Sensuality?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Lizzy and Mr. Darcy did not get it on.
Sunday, Nov 20, 2005 8:20 PM UTCLife Broadsheet, The New York Times
Guys & Prejudice
The New York Post treats Jane Austen like Chuck Palahniuk.
Friday, Nov 11, 2005 8:25 PM UTCLife Broadsheet, Jane Austen
Women’s studies
Chick 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 22Entertainment Fiction, Jane Austen, Books
I’d prefer not to
My list includes Toni Morrison, Henry James, Faulkner and Beckett. Why are there some great writers we just cannot read?
Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:33 PM UTCEntertainment Jane Austen, Books
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