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A. Natasha Joukovsky
On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor
Natasha Joukovsky Considers Ahead-of-Their-Time Novels
Cecilia
and
Evelina
By
A. Natasha Joukovsky
| March 16, 2026
The Publishing Industry is Capricious... Gamble on Yourself
A. Natasha Joukovsky on Why the Sole Aim For Any Novelist Should Probably Be a Posthumous House Museum
By
A. Natasha Joukovsky
| December 10, 2025
Mirror and Window Both: The Brief Superabundance of Aubrey Beardsley
A. Natasha Joukovsky on the Man Whose Illustrations Nearly Outshone the Words of Oscar Wilde
By
A. Natasha Joukovsky
| February 16, 2023
Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What Is to Be Done About Literary Moralism?
A. Natasha Joukovsky on the Rampant Conflation of Fiction and History
By
A. Natasha Joukovsky
| October 13, 2022
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