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Anne Elliot Is Twenty-Seven May 30, 2024

Anne Elliot is twenty-seven. She’s been twenty-seven since 1817, the year Jane Austen’s Persuasion was published. I, meanwhile, was somewhere around sixteen when I first read the book in my old childhood bedroom, with its green walls and arboreal wal...

All Involved in Netflix’s 'Persuasion' Should be Jailed July 18, 2022

You may already have read early reviews of Netflix’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion saying it’s "the worst adaptation ever" as well as "mortifying" and "a travesty," but I know you won’t believe it unless you hear it from me, so here you are:...