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How Mr. Darcy Became One of Jane Austen’s Most Memorable Creations

How Mr. Darcy Became One of Jane Austen’s Most Memorable Creations

Janet Todd Explores the Origins and Afterlives of a Longtime Object of Literary Desire

By Janet Todd | March 19, 2025

Robert Macfarlane on the Beauty and Urgency of Nan Shepherd’s <em>The Living Mountain</em>

Robert Macfarlane on the Beauty and Urgency of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain

In Praise of the Scottish Author’s Poetic, Universalist Parochialism

By Robert Macfarlane | March 19, 2025

Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

The Author of “Hymn to Dionysus” Explores a Linguistic Venn Diagram of Meaning

By Natasha Pulley | March 19, 2025

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

From the Penguin Classics Collection “Twelve Stories by American Women”

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2025

An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

An Integral Part of the Story: A Short History of Short Fiction by American Women

Arielle Zibrak Explores the Diverse Literary Landscape of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Female Writers in the United States

By Arielle Zibrak | March 19, 2025

Maya Binyam on the Harrowing Moment That Changed Her Life

Maya Binyam on the Harrowing Moment That Changed Her Life

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 19, 2025

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Deserted Beaches, Lost Souls: On the Beautiful Emptiness at the Heart of <em>White Lotus</em>

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David Barnes Considers the Literary Tourism of the Lotus-Eaters

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“My First Porno, My First Dildo, My First Love.” On José Donoso’s <em>The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria</em>

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Musical Storytelling: Librettist Gene Scheer On Transforming Novels Into Operas

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How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

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