Thanks @focusfeatures.bsky.social for sending me the 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition of Pride & Prejudice (2005)! You can check out some of these goodies on their website or the NBCUniversal store.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy

All of us during the Olympics:

Happy 213th anniversary to Pride and Prejudice! A book so good some people have read it twice!

Bleed, bleed, poor country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs, The title is affeer’d!

ICE love to murder people whose last words are things like "I'm not mad at you" or "are you ok?"

Minnesotans are really setting the blueprint for fighting fascism. They are being shot dead in the street and still they come out to protect their people. They continue to document, to alert neighbors, to buy and drop off groceries. Everyday. May we all be so brave

It is a truth universally acknowledged that ICE are a bunch of goose-stepping cowardly little bitches.

Ishmael heard about your mom 🐋

if any crave redress of injustice, they should exhibit their petitions in the street

I am once again asking you to please imagine Edmund Bertram as the sexiest man you know the story doesn’t make sense otherwise

THE MONTH OF DICK 2026 IS COMING IN JANUARY Get ready! 1. Follow the feed: bsky.app/profile/jaco... and ask me to add you 2. Download the planned reading sequence (source doc here bit.ly/4p4oYwA) 3. Get yourself an edition (book, free e-book, whatever) 4. Notify your bosom friends 5. Whale tattoo?

Just read Moby Dick for the first time. I wish I could draw some parallels between what’s happening today and a megalomaniacal captain, who ignores pleas for common sense, only to chase after something that isn’t a problem, and leads everyone to disaster. I’ll think on it some more.

Amy Lord Byron’s March 🤝 Editor Burning manuscripts without permission

I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.

He’s a 10, but his aunt is the noble Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

Watching Uncle Vanya for the first time: *gun mentioned* Me: Oh my god, it’s happening! *gun shot several acts later* Me: *aggressively elbowing the person next to me* That’s from the meme!

Mr. Perry recommends a brisk walk, several excerpts of “Emma,” and a slice of cake (in moderation) to celebrate the publication of Jane Austen’s “Emma” on this day in 1815.

Happy Northanger Abbey/Persuasion publication day to everyone!

Happy publication anniversary to Northanger Abbey! Celebrate by accusing your crush’s dad of murder.

Persuasion was published on this day in 1817. Making it 208 years of every other love letter not being good enough.

Emma Woodhouse’s guide to reading more: Step one: add books to your TBR list Step two: Step three: add more books to your TBR pile

Mary Musgrove:

Mr. Bennet after reading that Mr. Gardiner paid off Wickham:

I’ve missed all of the Austen community! I promise to post more frequently soon. My 2025 was Mr. Elton. Let’s hope 2026 is Colonel Brandon.

I technically weighed in on Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary in August but it’s time to repost it again. I still hope that Austen fandom will continue to make serious efforts to diversify both who is an Austen fan and the media inspired by her works. www.wgbh.org/tv-shows/dra...

HBD Jane Austen, you would have hated how white women tried to profit off your legacy by pretending you were something you weren’t! Anyway, go read @kerrysinanan.bsky.social’s great piece! theconversation.com/jane-austen-...

Happy 250th birthday, Jane! I hope you all spend it enjoying her writing, watching the movies, and eating a slice of cake before Mr. Woodhouse sees you. Here's how I celebrated Jane Austen this year. janeaustenfirstdrafts.substack.com/p/my-year-in...

Virtual JaneCon is back!

Jane Austen died on this day in 1817. In her too short 41 years on this planet, she wrote six of the greatest novels in the English language, laid the groundwork for the modern romance, and gifted us with some of the best quotes ever. Pour one out for Jane today.

RIP Miss Bates. You would have love the Astronomer CEO Coldplay scandal.

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and Miss Bates was correct far more frequently

“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Grok” Okay, and? No one asked Miss Bates anything, and she still told everyone everything.

Just jumping on to say hi. I’m recovering from surgery (it went well) so I won’t be active on social media for a couple months. I am receiving excellent care from Mr. Perry, and I will be recovering by the seaside with a bowl of gruel.

Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Anniversary in Bath! 🗓️ When: April 7-12 or Oct 13-18 📍 Where: Bath, UK ☕️ What: A bespoke Austen experience to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Anniversary! 🛜 How: Visit StrictlyJaneAusten.com for more info. Use code "Mrs Jennings" when booking!

"There are few people in England, I suppose, who have more true enjoyment of music than myself, or a better natural taste. If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient." - Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Jessica Bull's "Miss Austen Investigates: A Fortune Most Fatal" is full of clever quips, an authentic Regency setting, and complex characters. Mystery readers and Austen fans alike will love this cozy thriller. (Is that a genre? It should be.) Full review: open.substack.com/pub/janeaust...

Friend: I just read this really fun second-chance romance. Me: Persuasion did it better. Friend: It was really cute though. Me: Persuasion did it better. Friend: You don't even know what the book is about... Me: Persuasion. Did. It. Better. Friend: *deletes my contact info*

Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Anniversary in Bath! 🗓️ When: April 7-12 or Oct 13-18 📍 Where: Bath, UK ☕️ What: A bespoke Austen experience to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Anniversary! 🛜 How: Visit StrictlyJaneAusten.com for more info. Use code "Mrs Jennings" when booking!

roses are red me to the DOGE guys:

The first set of #RomComBracket polls are up #Romancelandia

Happy Valentine's Day!

There’s still time to join the Clarissa-in-real-time Substack! Introductions today. Lurkers welcome. #clarissa2025 open.substack.com/pub/clarissa...

“It is with great regret that I obey your commands in returning the letters with which I have been honoured from you, and the lock of hair, which you so obligingly bestowed on me.”

Elon: Catch me, Captain Wentworth! Wentworth: JUMP!