Two centuries after Jane Austen came into existence, Mr. Darcy remains one of the most enduring figures in romantic fiction. The even more interesting question is why we love him – that part is already well established – what does it say about us that we continue to return to a character whose most famous
I’m in my car, in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s in South Pasadena. On the phone, my friend Monica is telling me about a lost dog in her Salt Lake City neighborhood, a blue heeler who has been seen limping and has escaped capture. I passively scroll through Instagram as I try to imagine
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I think I have always written stories because I spent all my school holidays at my aunt’s place. When normal life resumed, I was somewhere else, far away, in another city, in another place, with other friends. Throughout my childhood, I was always absent-minded. From the first day of the holidays, the children of my
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This summer, the American Library Association is auctioning off a rare collection of its iconic Read posters to commemorate the organization. 150th year of doing business. Thanks to a partnership with Heritage Auctions, the world’s largest collection auctioneer, readers everywhere can now own a piece of literary history. The books are (so to speak) open,
