Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet Is My Wonder Woman
Pride and Prejudice and comic books seem to belong to two separate universes: one’s high tea with scones and clotted cream, the other’s hot buttered popcorn; one’s a hike through the Cotswolds, while the other’s a snowboard ride down a slope … Continue reading
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Tagged Austen, Bennet, Books, Classics, comic book, comics, Darcy, images of women, literature, Lizzy, P&P, Pride and Prejudice, rant, romance, sexism
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Books That Make You Dumb; or, Are We a Nation of Literature Snobs?
Are readers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez smarter than fans of Nicholas Sparks? If you loved Lolita, does that mean you’ve got more going on upstairs than someone whose favorite book is He’s Just Not That Into You? We book nerds want to believe … Continue reading
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Tagged armchair sociology, Books, data, data mining, geeking out, grad students, Pride and Prejudice, reading, Virgil Griffith
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