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Patricia A. Matthew

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As seen in: The Atlantic, Slate, Carolina Newsroom, Audible Blog, Literary Hub, MLA Newsletter, Lapham's Quarterly
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Is Bridgerton’s Diversity More Than Just Window Dressing?

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By Patricia A. Matthew
| Literary Hub Verified
In the sixth episode of Bridgerton’s third season, Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) and her brother Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis) have a fraught and tender confrontation. She has been furious with him from the moment he shows up at one of the series’ many gloriously staged balls. At first her anger seems to be because she knows his rakish history and is worried that the attention he is paying to her best friend Lady Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) will end in scandal and heartache.
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What Pride and Prejudice Tells Us About British History, Class, and Women’s Leisure Time

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By Patricia A. Matthew
| Literary Hub Verified
The first dialogue readers encounter in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a conversation between a wife and husband who have been married for twenty-three years. Mrs. Bennet is all aflutter about news that a rich bachelor (Charles Bingley) has rented an elegant estate (Netherfield) near their small market town (Meryton), and Mr. Bennet is pretending not to understand why Bingley’s arrival is so exciting. The Bennets have a respectable home (Longbourn), but they are not wealthy.
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Reading Pride and Prejudice in the 21st Century

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By Patricia A. Matthew, Clover Hope Verified, Jane Austen, Asa Merritt Verified
| Audible Blog
After Romeo and Juliet, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy might just be the world’s most famous fictional couple. The story of how they fall in love—Pride and Prejudice—has left an indelible imprint on popular culture. Readers, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, and even zombies can’t leave Pride and Prejudice alone. Which raises the question: Why has this novel, of all Jane Austen’s works, remained the general favorite? In Reading Pride and Prejudice in the 21st Century, Professor Patricia A.
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