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Why Pride and Prejudice Still Works After 200 Years

How Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice uses irony, money and misjudgment to stay fresh two centuries on, from Darcy's letter to Charlotte Lucas.

November 4, 2026•6 min read

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Frankenstein: Why Mary Shelley’s Novel Still Haunts Us

How a ghost-story contest in 1816 became Frankenstein, and why Mary Shelley's articulate, abandoned creature still raises hard questions.

October 19, 2026•5 min read

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Don Quixote: The First Modern Novel Still Makes Us Laugh

From Cervantes's captivity in Algiers to the windmills and a sane, sad ending, here is why Don Quixote remains a living, funny novel.

October 18, 2026•5 min read