From Pemberley to Pinterest: We Need a Better Love Story
The female obsession with Jane Austen’s captivating look into Regency-era England can quickly turn from an innocent diversion to a deeply unrealistic vision of marriage.
Being a “Gardiner” in the Vineyard: On Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice: the book that tends to make ladies giggle with glee and gentlemen roll their eyes in annoyance. But beyond the tea-time social drama and the range of reaction from the sexes, there lies in this novel a vision of humanity and society. The more I see of the world, the more am … Read more
Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen’s genius comprehends the subject of marriage and the book of love in all its intricacy, practicality, goodness, and mystery. Her novels center on the importance of marriage as one of life’s most important choices and life’s greatest source of happiness—“all the best blessings of existence” to use a phrase from Emma. In Emma … Read more
