Escucha y lee

Descubre un mundo infinito de historias

  • Lee y escucha todo lo que quieras
  • Más de 900 000 títulos
  • Títulos exclusivos + Storytel Originals
  • 7 días de prueba gratis, luego $7.99 /mes
  • Cancela cuando quieras
Suscríbete ahora
Copy of Device Banner Block 894x1036 3

The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monsters They Taught Us to Love

8 Calificaciones

3.1

Duración
6H 15min
Idioma
Inglés
Format
Categoría

No ficción

What if we’ve been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary love stories are actually pretty terrifying.

Covering cultural touchstones ranging from Twilight to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to The Bachelor, The Darcy Myth is a book for anyone who loves thinking deeply about literature and culture—whether they love Jane Austen or not.

You already know Mr. Darcy—at least you think you do! The brooding, rude, standoffish romantic hero of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy initially insults and ignores the witty heroine but eventually succumbs to her charms. It’s a classic enemies-to-lovers plot and one that has profoundly influenced our cultural ideas about courtship. But what if this classic isn’t just a grand romance but a horror novel about how scary love and marriage can be for women?

In The Darcy Myth, literature scholar Rachel Feder unpacks Austen’s Gothic influences and how they have led us to a romantic ideal that is halfway to being a monster story. Why is our culture so obsessed with cruel, indifferent romantic heroes, and sometimes heroines? How much of that is Darcy’s fault? And, now that we know, what do we do about it?

© 2024 Blackstone Publishing (Audiolibro): 9798212536905

Fecha de lanzamiento

Audiolibro: 6 de febrero de 2024

Otros también disfrutaron...

  1. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt Kara Cooney
  2. My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Kate Elizabeth Russell
  3. In Defence of Witches: Why women are still on trial Mona Chollet
  4. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths Natalie Haynes
  5. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth Natalie Haynes
  6. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Amanda Montell
  7. Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay
  8. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language Amanda Montell
  9. It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race Mariam Khan
  10. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
  11. Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History Philippa Gregory
  12. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  13. Her Majesty’s Royal Coven Juno Dawson
  14. Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  15. Stone Blind: the breathtaking Sunday Times bestseller Natalie Haynes
  16. Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami
  17. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: The international bestseller Cho Nam-Joo
  18. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
  19. Weyward Emilia Hart
  20. Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel Emily M. Danforth
  21. Bright Young Women: The Richard and Judy pick from the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive Jessica Knoll
  22. Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado
  23. The Mercies Kiran Millwood Hargrave
  24. Concerning My Daughter Kim Hye-jin
  25. Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  26. The Cherry Robbers Sarai Walker
  27. A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting Sophie Irwin
  28. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
  29. Sistersong: A dazzling folklore retelling full of magic, love and betrayal Lucy Holland

Siempre con Storytel:

  • Acceso ilimitado

  • Modo sin conexión

  • Modo Infantil

  • Cancela en cualquier momento

Historias ilimitadas siempre
Oferta por tiempo limitado

Ilimitado

Para los que quieren escuchar y leer sin límites.

$7.99 /mes
  • 1 cuenta

  • Acceso ilimitado

  • Escucha y lee los títulos que quieras

  • Modo sin conexión + Modo Infantil

  • Cancela en cualquier momento

Pruébalo ahora