jane austen
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Comic, comedic and comedy: From Shakespeare to Wodehouse
The Oxford Dictionary of English gives only a partial definition of comedy. A comedy, it says, is a film, play or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh. That is true as far as it goes, but it misses something essential. What truly defines a comedy is not simply that it entertains, but how… Read more
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How easy to read is Jane Austen?
Sparkling with wit, Jane Austen’s graceful style is even more reader-friendly than the language of newspapers. So are the first chapters of literary classics like David Copperfield and Sons and Lovers. They are all easier to read than newspapers. That’s what I found in a readability test that looked at the number of words in… Read more
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged: About Jane Austen
Janeites will love A Truth Universally Acknowledged, a collection of essays by 33 famous writers and critics acknowledging the genius of Jane Austen. Her admirers will have the pleasure of discovering their feelings shared by writers like Virginia Woolf, EM Forster, Somerset Maugham, CS Lewis, JB Priestley, Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, David Lodge and critics… Read more
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Jane Austen: Contemporary as you please
Sunday Times exaggerates when it says: “Jane Austen is not just a novelist but a cultural ideal. Her books teach us what it means to be civilised.” The elaborate courtesies and leisurely lives of her characters today have all the charm of a period drama. But Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)… Read more
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