{"id":63568,"date":"2013-12-11T09:31:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T14:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=63568"},"modified":"2013-12-10T19:02:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T00:02:23","slug":"jane-austen-sells-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/11\/jane-austen-sells-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Austen Sells, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Rare-Austen-portrait-large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Rare-Austen-portrait-large.jpg\" alt=\"Rare Austen portrait up for auction\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63569\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>A portrait of Jane Austen\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/dec\/10\/jane-austen-portrait-auction-sothebys-ten-pound-note?CMP=twt_gu\" target=\"_blank\">you know, <em>the<\/em> portrait<\/a>, based on her sister&#8217;s sketch\u2014has sold at auction for \u00a3135,000, which is actually somewhat below the estimate.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI started to write books in 1982 because I thought I was everywoman,\u201d (all evidence to the contrary) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmagazine.com\/culture\/art-and-design\/2013\/12\/stefano-tonchi-martha-stewart-design-miami\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Stewart says<\/a> at Art Basel.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cColin Wilson, the writer, who has died at eighty-two, suspected he was a genius; and there were some who agreed with him when in 1956, aged twenty-four, he published <em>The Outsider<\/em>, a somewhat portentous overview of existentialism and alienation.\u201d Because no one does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/culture-obituaries\/books-obituaries\/10504201\/Colin-Wilson-obituary.html\" target=\"_blank\">an obit<\/a> like the Brits.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/08\/fashion\/John-Waters-Offers-Seasons-Greeting-with-A-John-Waters-Christmas.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">John Waters on Christmas shopping<\/a>: \u201cI always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don\u2019t send a thank-you note, repay them with sexual activity. If the book is rare or by your favorite author or one you didn\u2019t know about, reward them with the most perverted sex act you can think of. 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