Jane Austen in the glossy magazines!
Alert Janeite Jamie wrote to tell us that the September issue of Real Simple magazine had a sidebar titled, “5 lessons to learn from Mr. Darcy.”
The original title of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice was First Impressions. That’s because practically every character in the book makes a bad one — none more so than Mr. Darcy, who spends the rest of the tale trying to overcome his. Some of his lessons along the way to a happy ending apply to nonfiction life as well.
The five lessons include: don’t be rude, because you never know who might be listening; beware of betraying too much through your body language; be honest about your feelings; if you have trouble verbalizing your feelings, write them down; and finally, persevere. 
Jane Austen also makes an appearance in the September Vogue–check out today’s P&P3 news roundup for details.
September 3rd, 2005 at 12:15 am
This was very good. Great blog, by the way. The name is true. She is everywhere.