#Austen

Becca O'Neal 🍒

becca_oneal

"don't you think you're a little too poor for that?" - the plot of every jane austen novel "you being here is lowering my property value" - jane austen antagonist

davidallengreen

davidallengreen

Thought experimentAssume many of the estates in Jane Austen (the "thousands per year", dowries etc) were based in part on slaveryTo what extent would that change anything for you as(/if)

Madeline Grant 🇭🇰

Madz_Grant

Jane Austen already engages with slavery in all kinds of waysThere’s that pregnant silence at the Mansfield Park dinner when Fanny asks Sir Thomas about the plantations that sustain the

Toronto Star

TorontoStar

When researching family history, most people dream of discovering they are descendant of famous historical figures. But what about discovering you are related to someone horrible? Yep, I'm related to

Bianca Hernandez-Knight⚔️

bookhoarding

Let’s talk about the Romani in #JaneAusten’s ‘Emma.’There is an incident in the novel that involves racial slurs. When we discuss this novel we can easily discuss the Romani, or

Brandon

blgtylr

Me, literally any time someone asks me to talk about books: There should be a timer for how long it takes me to get to Jane Austen in any and

Sophie

sophlynne

UMMM my partner designed & made this jane austen monopoly for me from scratch I’m— !!!!!!!! he said “I’m now an expert in the economics of jane austen” after spending

Marco Rogers

polotek

I wanna share this and own up to something. I'm one of these haters they're talking about. https://twitter.com/brokenimageheap/status/1213208953754202113 Those who pay attention know that I used to be a fan

📆 Week in Clubhouse 👋

weekinclubhouse

The guest list on this talk is stacked Coverage will begin soon, follow along below https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1359286939271057409 Topic? Securitization.Guest list? @austen @immad @justindross @pitdesi @km @mikekarnj @ericsatzLet'

enterintojoy

enterintothejoy

Jane Austen and #ChurchToo ;How ‘Pride and Prejudice’ gave me a framework for spotting sex predators in churchA thread/1@KSPrior @R_Denhollander @sheilagregoire Pre reading: Ty’s thread belowhttps://twitter.com/tyfgibson/status/136257

ella dawson

brosandprose

Before you post your droll take about how #Bridgerton is boring, perhaps first consider: Maybe this show isn’t for you! #Bridgerton isn’t flawless, and we should talk about

Amogh Vaishampayan

amogh42

Key insights from last night's @StoaHQ townhall with @Austen, founder of @LambdaSchool! Thanks for doing this @kunksed We’re seeing unbundling of the university education. Uni experience combines skills training,

Elysabeth Grace aka Dr. Margo J Hendricks

Elysabethgrace

#ToCanonizeorNotToCanonize Content Warning: This thread is written by an academic/romance writer who has opinions. FYI, this thread has been simmering for a bit and grows out of an essay I

Hilary Davidson

FourRedShoes

It's strange to me when people dismiss female historical needlework as insignificant or conformist. It's really hard. Excellence in needlework is technical, artistic accomplishment that deserves respect - oh, and

Liana Brooks

LianaBrooks

I cannot stress this enough:READ. IN. YOUR. GENRE.#LianaEdits "My books hard to describe," the MFA student said. "It's not like anything else out there. It's [one of the most common

Laura E. Weymouth

lauraeweymouth

In defense of my girl Emma Woodhouse: a threadhttps://twitter.com/HarperCollins/status/1228723145215029248 To start with, we're going to dismiss out of hand the claim that Emma is possibly not the heroine of EMMA

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