For Arlie Russell Hochschild, understanding why rural voters favor Trump required coming to grips with the role of emotion in ...

Pride and Prejudice is about young women trying to find good marriage matches. This issue must have been fresh on the young author’s mind when she wrote the book. At age 20, Austen had a ...

I’m sure Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne is one of my favorite and foundational books, or will be if I ever finish it.

A copy of a letter sent to the publisher Thomas Cadell offering 'Pride and Prejudice', which he rejected. The book later became a huge success. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a ...