Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson
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An exploration of Jane Austen’s clothing, grounded on references from her surviving letters.
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The Marriage Question by Clare Carlisle
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A philosopher considers how George Eliot wrote about—and experienced—marriage.
Read MoreThe Novel, Who Needs It? by Joseph Epstein
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The latest from legendary critic and editor Joseph Epstein.
Read MoreGoodbye, Eastern Europe by Jacob Mikanowski
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A strange and compelling new look at the mosaic of Eastern European history.
Read MoreSunday Best By John Carey
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Veteran book critic collects work spanning thousands of reviews.
Read MoreThe Library of America Don DeLillo
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Three works by the great American novelist Don DeLillo enter the Library of America.
Read MoreThe Turning Point by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
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A new book cites 1851 as a key year in the career of Charles Dickens.
Read MoreIndex, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
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The index at the back of the books you read has a fascinating history, as this terrific new book details.
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The Best Books of 2020: Fiction!
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This was a year in which made-up stories never looked so inviting. Here are the top ten recommendations for fiction published in 2020.
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From fuzzy navel-gazing to flinty hard solipsism, here’s the worst fiction of 2020.
Read MoreThis is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
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A scholar explores for a popular audience how ambiguity creates contemporary relevance in twenty of Shakespeare’s plays.
Read MoreAusten Years by Rachel Cohen
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A graceful and deeply introspective memoir written by a woman who reads and rereads Jane Austen to help her confront the changes occurring in her own life, and learns that her personal experiences give her a new lens to explore the meaning of Austen’s novels.
Read MoreThink, Write, Speak by Vladimir Nabokov
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A meticulously contextualized volume just brimming with supporting information.
Read MoreTrick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
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The author explores the construction of her identity during the Internet’s own infancy.
Read MoreThe Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies by Robert Kirk
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There’s a deep, humanist value to be found in Kirk’s investigations.
Read MoreL.E.L. by Lucasta Miller
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A terrifically detailed and invigorating account of a very complicated woman.
Read MoreFour Novels of the 1930s by John O’Hara
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These novels gave form to the unreachable dreams of glory that would motivate and torment O’Hara for the rest of his professional career.
Read MoreCome West and See by Maxim Loskutoff
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A collection of short stories offering insights into the American West.
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