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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK
Jane Austen’s Ivory Cage
By Mikita Brottman
Today we’re pouring one out for the inimitable Jane Austen, who died 200 years ago this week. She left her readers a treasure trove to devour most ardently, including Mansfield Park, arguably her most difficult novel. Read this essay to discover the dark side of the grand estates and courtly balls.
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Works you won’t find in print, from the likes of Harold Holzer, Wendy Smith, and Neil Shea
The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women
By Elizabeth Norton
Read an excerpt from Elizabeth Norton’s new give-it-to-me-straight history of 16th-century English gals
