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Why Jane Austen is hilarious.


Jane Austen is really funny and I'm glad I'm finally reading ... - Reddit

This book is full to the brim with very dry and sarcastic humor. Seriously, if Austen's quips and jokes were any more dry, the book would crumble into dust.

Why Jane Austen is hilarious. - thingsthatarehardtoexplain

Austen's comedy has been underrepresented in the past because it is more implicit than farcical, and the reason behind her subtlety was societal expectation.

The Queen of Shade and Sass: A Guide to the Humor of Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice introduces us to the Bennet family and their ridiculous matriarch, Mrs. Bennet. She is described as “a woman of mean ...

She's very funny | Jane Austen's House

Jane Austen had a dry, wicked sense of humour and her novels are full of satire, comedy and wit. Some of the jokes rely on an understanding of the social ...

Never Read Jane Austen? Start with her Three Funniest Novels

Crack open these three most chucklesome novels first and discover why this 19th-century woman writer is considered one of the world's wittiest authors.

In what ways does Austen use humor in Pride and Prejudice ... - Quora

Jane was not political, and her books are not polemics. Jane, however does use a great deal of irony to hilarious effect, in revealing character ...

One Good Thing: Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is funny, just like ...

One Good Thing: Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is funny, just like love. Northanger Abbey's comedy has serious takeaways for the aspiring ...

Okay. Now I Know Why People (Think They) Don't Like Jane Austen

Austen understands people–who they are, and why they do what they do–and she translates them to page so well. Her characters are wonderful, and they leap off ...

Why the F*ck Do People Love Jane Austen So Much? A Primer

Jane Austen was not extraordinary · She wrote what she knew · She was a working writer · Her work almost fell into obscurity · Her stories are ...

Jane Austen's juvenilia: extravagantly absurd and outrageously funny

Her three surviving notebooks containing novellas, epistolary fiction, and plays written between the ages of eleven and seventeen are unrestrained and anarchic ...

Funny Books by Jane Austen - ChattyFeet

If you think Jane Austen's novels are just about romance, long walks with parasols and dashing gentleman like Mr Darcy, you're missing out.

Why Jane Austen's Novels Aren't 'Trivial' or 'Frothy': Quote of the Day ...

“Though a contemporary of the major Romantics, Jane Austen is a child of the 18th century, particularly in its Neo-Classical aspects; she is a ...

Jane Austen's Divine Comedy - Jane Austen articles and blog

Here is a list of some of Austen's funniest characters. Austen's characters are so funny, in fact, that it is difficult to narrow down!

"Jane Austen and Comedy" by Erin Goss - Bucknell Digital Commons

Jane Austen and Comedy takes for granted two related notions. First, Jane Austen's books are funny; they induce laughter, and that laughter is worth ...

Don't Dismiss Jane Austen as a Writer of "Silly Things" - Book Riot

The answer is, unfortunately, obvious: misogyny. For all of Jane Austen's talents, she has been pigeonholed into romance, a genre that is still ...

The (Relative Paucity of) Humor in Persuasion

Waldman: “[Persuasion] is also the least funny of Austen's books. ... _P_ is my favorite Jane Austen novel and I don't think that will change.

Jane Austen and Comedy - Rutgers University Press

Jane Austen and Comedy takes for granted two related notions. First, Jane Austen's books are funny; they induce laughter, and that laughter is worth attend.

The 7 Funniest Jane Austen Characters - Scribendi

Here to help us examine the best of these belly laugh-inducers, from the witty to the absurd, is my personal favorite of Austen's creations: Miss Bates of Emma.

I Read Everything Jane Austen Wrote, Several Times

It is also the least funny of Austen's books. The bad characters, whether snobbish, scheming, or hypochondriacal, are unwaveringly bad ...

Can anyone please recommend other satires... — Pride and... Q&A

Ben Sandeen Charles Dickens's sense of humor is relatively similar to Jane Austen's. His is a bit more exaggerated and comical, but it has a similar "feel" to ...