Example Sentences

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Of course readers know how the story will end, but the debut novelist Chau brings in the modern concerns of immigrant strivers as well as a wholly fresh twist that will delight Janeites and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The annual Jane Austen film series on the grounds of Dumbarton House draws sold-out crowds of Janeites, who enjoy picnics and timeless love stories on the lawn of the Federal-period home.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021

“All the Janeites I know,” she added, “are rational, compassionate, liberal-minded people.”

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2017

If anything, the fervor of the Janeites puts into relief a fact almost too obvious to notice: the world of books is a romantic world.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 3, 2015

Kipling writes a short story about the Janeites, mystifying them as a sort of Masonic sub-cult.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012