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"The popularity of [Jane Austen] has to do with the misreading of her (...) people seem to think Austen was later in history than she was. She has an image as a Victorian, and there is a love of Victorianism that never seems to die. Most people who love her, love her because they think she writes romances (...) I don't think she's popular for the right reasons, in fact, it may be impossible to be popular for the right reasons." - Fran Lebowitz on Austen

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genuinely dont know what i would do without the Legally Blonde pro-shot. probably die

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the thing about henry tilney is that he is a 10/10 love interest NO NOTES, but i feel like if he was real i would just want to be his bestie bc unfortunately i’m attracted to losers and he’s like. the coolest guy ever so yeah

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officially going to live in romania for seven months omgggg

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If you’re LGBT reblog and tag with your opinion on beer.

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happy salt air and the rust on your door month to those who celebrate

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you know sometimes life gets to a point where I think y’all should defend her more often in my presence bc wtf

every time I come into this website and see a post defending and redeeming mrs. bennet I lose a year of my life

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costume + color + scene

CHER HOROWITZ and EMMA WOODHOUSE 2/2 Clueless (1995) and Emma. (2020) adaptations of Jane Austen’s Emma | Costuming by Mona May and Alexandra Byrne respectively

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saw someone who said they HATED jane austen... i fear charlotte brontë has reincarnated and now uses stan twitter

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anyone notice how the nighttime is comforting as hell and also the worst part of anything that happens ever

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The thing about Jane Austen is that her genius isn’t only restricted to her writing technique, but also her incredible understanding of people and human nature. Her ability to observe and understand the world around her is one of the things that separates her from many other writers and makes her work so timeless. I mean, how amazing is it that you can still relate to characters written 200+ years ago? John Thorpe is pretty much almost every straight guy these days. Caroline Bingley could have been one of the popular girls in my highschool. I used to be friends with a Lucy Steele at 16.

Emma is her least likeable heroine and we are still able to emphasize with her and grow to love her. Even her most charicaturesque characters, Mr. Collins, Sir Walter, half of the people in Sense and sensibility, you name it, still bear some resemblance to people we know in real life, because Austen was able to understand the essence of all these kinds of human beings AND had the skill to translate it into paper.

Also she was really fucking funny. In fact no one has ever been funnier than her ever

Jane Austen was an absolute genius, and every time I read her novels I get struck by just how much I love her writing style all over again!!!

She absolutely was! Yet still, unbelievably, Jane Austen is accused of being overrated by some but imo she's actually underrated by the vast majority of people who simply do not understand how revolutionary her writing was. The fact she received so little formal education and was entirely isolated from other writers always amazes me too, especially when you consider how much she changed literature.

Her style is instantly recognisable and still so enjoyable even after repeat readings. I can read any and all of her novels over and over again and never get bored because there is such richness to her plots, plus her characters are complex, believable people with multi-layered personalities. That's why her works are timeless!

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Do you role play?

sometimes i pretend i’m a fully functioning adult

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why don’t i go reread all of elizabeth gaskell’s books and MAYBE i’ll calm down

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listen, sometimes it's more powerful for a fictional relationship to be a friendship precisely because friendship is devalued in comparison to romance. anyone can sacrifice themself for the love of their life. but for a friend? if anything, that kind of devotion can be even more moving than if the relationship is romantic. there's a real dramatic power to prioritising friendship in your narratives sometimes.

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and who is going to save us from ‘period dramas’ where the author projects modern and contemporary issues and experiences into the characters instead of giving them complex motivations and flaws that would make them actually relatable and exploring these themes in a more accurate and nuanced way? WHO?

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seeing people on other social media talk about tumblr as if not a single soul uses it anymore makes me feel like i faked my death and now i’m eavesdropping from the coffin

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"Diaz, you should be very proud of yourself. I know things aren't exactly where you wanna be right now, but, uh, I promise you they will improve. Thank you, Captain."

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE | 5.10 • Game Night

@platonicsource's june 2025 prompt — lgbtq+ friendship @lgbtqcreators creator challenge — platonic love + bisexual rep + favorite friendship + comfort