Jane Austen [ Art and Literature ]
… , for example, is ‘the very shop that every body attends every day of their lives’, making it the ideal locus for the exchange of news and gossip (Austen, Emma , II.vi.215). 8 Austen’s marriage plots pivot around episodes of sociability … unexpected sites for sociability, which in turn are mediated by their own forms of politeness; 15 millennial Janeites exchange Austen memes and create fan fictions based on the novels, and fora such as the Republic of Pemberley and JASNA …
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