Topic: Jane Austen
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Mother's Day: 10 great books for Mom
You've probably already done the classics – try these 10 books for a gift this Mother's Day.
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'The Raven': 5 other movies that turned well-known figures into action heroes
As Edgar Allan Poe hunts a murderer in 'The Raven,' here are 5 other movies that took well-known historical and literary figures and made them action stars
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Swimming: 8 facts – trivial and not – from 'Swim'
From author and journalist Lynn Sherr's new book 'Swim,' here are 8 facts about the history of humans in the water
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6 life lessons a male reader learned from Jane Austen
Writer William Deresiewicz shares how Austen changed his life in "A Jane Austen Education."
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15 spring 2012 novels we think you'll like
A preview of new novels coming this spring.
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Mother's Day: 10 great books for Mom
You've probably already done the classics – try these 10 books for a gift this Mother's Day.
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'The Raven': 5 other movies that turned well-known figures into action heroes
As Edgar Allan Poe hunts a murderer in 'The Raven,' here are 5 other movies that took well-known historical and literary figures and made them action stars
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Swimming: 8 facts – trivial and not – from 'Swim'
From author and journalist Lynn Sherr's new book 'Swim,' here are 8 facts about the history of humans in the water
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6 life lessons a male reader learned from Jane Austen
Writer William Deresiewicz shares how Austen changed his life in "A Jane Austen Education."
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15 spring 2012 novels we think you'll like
A preview of new novels coming this spring.
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Valentine's Day: 10 literary lessons in love
From 'Much Ado About Loving' by Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly, 10 lessons in love from literary classics.
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10 sequels based on a classic book
10 authors who wrote a novel based in another author's literary world.
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5 best mysteries of the holiday season
From Austen and Conan Doyle imitators to a reporter following a mysterious homicide, these five novels are sure to please any mystery fan
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'Pride and Prejudice' from Greer Garson to murder mystery
Jane Austen's classic book from the original novel to the newest take on the story, 'Death Comes to Pemberley'
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6 perfect gifts for the book lover in your life
Six perfect gift choices for the bibliophile on your gift list.
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Reader recommendation: Mansfield Park
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Reader recommendation: A Jane Austen Education
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Chapter & Verse
Beloved Roald Dahl book "The BFG" will get the big-screen treatment
The 1982 children's novel will be adapted by "E.T." screenwriter Melissa Mathison.
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Chapter & Verse
iPad book apps designed to thrill serious book lovers
iPad book apps add authors' notes and historical material to classics like "Atlas Shrugged," "On the Road,"and the complete works of Shakespeare.
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Chapter & Verse
What are the toughest questions tossed at reference librarians?
Think it's easy being a librarian? Think again!
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Harry Potter is just like ... what? Five leading templates for comparison.
Harry Potter fans just know they love the record-breaking series of books. But everyone from academics to mythologists, classicists to historians, and literary critics to, well, geeks have a special “template” they perceive at the heart of the tale.
From positing Albus Dumbledore as the infamous Richard III to taking us aloft the scaly back of St. George’s dragon, here are five of our top takes on what’s going on behind the scenes in the Harry Potter narratives.
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Chapter & Verse
Unfinished Jane Austen manuscript goes up for auction
The only surviving copy of Jane Austen's unfinished novel, 'The Watsons,' goes up for auction at Sotheby's on Thursday.
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Book review: Nothing Daunted, by Dorothy Wickenden
The delightful real-life adventures of two Eastern college girls who left home for Colorado in 1916.
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Top Picks: Tea with Jane Austen, Soviet students, Lord of the Rings hi-def, and more
The importance of tea in Jane Austen's England, the final generation of students under the Soviet system, Lord of the Rings out on Blu-ray, and more recommendations
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Chapter & Verse
What books will Monitor readers be enjoying this summer?
We asked our readers what they are reading this month and – on a scale of 1 to 10 – here are the books they're enjoying the most.
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The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72
How an 18th-century dilettante became an artist late in life.
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Chapter & Verse
V.S. Naipaul feels superior to Jane Austen? Sorry, but he's just not
Is there any good reason for Naipaul to want a showdown he can't possibly win?
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Editor's Blog
Can the planet handle more middle-class humans?
In just 10 years, the world for the first time will be more middle-class than poor. That will tax resources and set up conflicts. But with more people free from just trying to survive, the arts and sciences should boom as well.
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What There Is to Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell
Two great writers share thoughts on their books, their gardens, their dreams, and their deep caring for one another.
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A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
William Deresiewicz was sure that he despised Jane Austen – until she became the woman who changed his life.
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