Jane Austen

February 6, 2026

Book Recommendations

Six Books You Can Get Lost In

Erin Somers

January 6, 2026

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Books Briefing

Do We Really Know How Isabel Archer Felt?

Boris Kachka

December 12, 2025

Books

Literature’s Enduring Obsession With Strange Sisters

Talya Zax

August 10, 2025

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Books

The Enlightenment Is Just One Side of the Story

Bekah Waalkes

October 3, 2024

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Education

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

Rose Horowitch

November 2024 Issue

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The Wonder Reader

Why Are We Awkward?

Isabel Fattal

December 17, 2022

Culture

Netflix’s Persuasion Tries to Have It All

David Sims

July 15, 2022

Lydia Rose Bewley, Richard E. Grant, Dakota Johnson, and Yolanda Kettle sitting in a parlor holding teacups in "Persuasion"

Ideas

Jane Austen’s Persuasion Meets the Girlboss Era

Helen Lewis

July 13, 2022

A scene from the film "Persuasion," depicting Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliott, sitting by a large window

Books Briefing

The Books Briefing: Books for Feeling Better

Rosa Inocencio Smith

March 27, 2020

Culture

The Delicate and Demanding World of Emma

David Sims

February 19, 2020

Global

Restoring the Sex and Rage to Jane Austen

Helen Lewis

October 4, 2019

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Family

What Jane Austen Thought Marriage Couldn’t Do

Shannon Chamberlain

October 3, 2019

Books Briefing

The Books Briefing: The Coming-of-Age of Queer Literature in America

J. Clara Chan

June 7, 2019

Book Excerpts

“I Don’t See How to Write a Book Without People in It”

Virginia Woolf

October 1976 Issue

Sections

The Print Edition

Reading Is a Practice, Not a Chore

Six Books You Can Get Lost In

Do We Really Know How Isabel Archer Felt?

Literature’s Enduring Obsession With Strange Sisters

The Enlightenment Is Just One Side of the Story

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

Why Are We Awkward?

Netflix’s Persuasion Tries to Have It All

Jane Austen’s Persuasion Meets the Girlboss Era

The Books Briefing: Books for Feeling Better

The Delicate and Demanding World of Emma

Restoring the Sex and Rage to Jane Austen

What Jane Austen Thought Marriage Couldn’t Do

The Books Briefing: The Coming-of-Age of Queer Literature in America

“I Don’t See How to Write a Book Without People in It”