Drawing again on that list of diverse Austen-adjacent texts that tipped me off about Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged, I also decided to check out The Woman of Colour: A Tale, an anonymous epistolary novel published in 1808. It's about the daughter of a female slave and a white Jamaican plantation owner, who is raised …
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What a puzzle this book is! As I mentioned last time, I've spend the summer preparing to teach a course on Jane Austen (with a popular culture twist), which meant I was forced (oh no!) to read and watch what I'm calling “Austen-adjacent” texts. In addition to sequels, adaptations, and modernizations, this category also includes books …
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The following review is the first in a series, looking at texts I examined for possible adoption in a "Jane Austen and Popular Culture" seminar. Over the past summer, I have spent some pleasant hours looking at a number of texts I am calling (for lack of a better, catch-all term), "Austen-adjacent." Most were written …
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