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Comparing Austen & Ibsen: Women & Finance in 19th-Century Literature

"While Jane Austen’s romance often distracts us from her heroines’ realities, Henrik Ibsen stares financial oppression dead in the face and offers his heroines hope."

by Rachel Benham

https://www.thecollector.com/austen-ibsen-women-finance-19th-literature/

Books by Jane Austen at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68

Books by Henrik Ibsen at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/861

Cover of Pride and Prejudice. Illustration by Hugh Thomsom. Cover shows peacock standing on a vase in the left hand bottom corner and his feathers strewn through the top and right side of the cover.

Indeed. I get very frustrated at people who say that ebooks don't count as reading, or audiobooks don't count as reading. That's like saying that only hardcover books count, and even paperbacks don't.

I mean, if you read your books on a literal stone or wax tablet, or a scroll in a vermilion case, it all counts. Reading is reading! <3 @bookstodon

The image features a light pastel background with a message in a casual, handwritten-style font. The text reads: "It doesn't matter what kind of reader you are—ebook, audiobook, print books, or any other format... If you love books, we're all family here. [@]BecauseAllTheBooks." Below the text, there are illustrations of three hands holding different reading devices. On the left, a hand holds a pair of red and grey headphones, suggesting an audiobook reader. In the centre, an open green book lies flat, representing print book readers. On the right, a hand holds a white tablet, indicating an ebook reader. The overall theme of the image is inclusivity in reading preferences, emphasizing that all types of readers are welcome. Provided by @altbot@fuzzies.wtf, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

Happy National Library Week!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week

Some things you can do this week to celebrate:

- Get yourself a library card, if you haven't already, or help someone else sign up!
- Check out your library's free resources and services, or attend an event!
- Donate to your local library, if you have the means!
- Call your elected representatives' offices, and tell them why libraries are important to you and your community: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative and https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

A two-panel Charlie Brown comic. In the first panel, three young children (Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus) stand outside. One of the children, Linus, approaches the other two children, holding a library card, and says: "Look! Library card! I've taken out a library card!" He stands proud, holding his library card to his chest, and continues: "I have been given my citizenship in the land of knowledge!"

A special shoutout to The New York Review of Books which has just started using the Fediverse:

➡️ @nybooks

The NYRB is a celebrated magazine on literature, politics, arts, ideas & current events.

They've just started posting, so their profile may look blank to your server. Follow them and their posts will start showing up on your server too 🙂

(By the way, NYRB has no connection to the New York Times Book Review, they just have similar names.)