Austen
Americannoun
noun
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Mary is a somewhat obscure character, one whom Austen rendered as a less-than-radiant, moralizing afterthought who sang badly.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Like her bookish character, she did extensive research on “Pride and Prejudice,” Austen and the time period.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
It’s worth noting that in “Austenland,” Jane’s budget package—copper, as opposed to platinum—makes her the movie’s counterpart to the orphaned Fanny, as well as the reliable Austen outsider.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
On notes circulating currently, in ascending order of value, are former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, author Jane Austen, artist JMW Turner and mathematician and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Minority student—that was the label I bore in college at Stanford, then in graduate school at Columbia and Berkeley: a nonwhite reader of Spenser and Milton and Austen.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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