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    The Common Reader

    commonreader.co.uk · Publication · on HN since 2023

    The Common Reader is a Substack on literature and writing, covering authors like Jane Austen, Flaubert, and Malcolm Gladwell, and the state of literary culture.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters link it for its essay on Jane Austen's rakes; the given comments offer little other opinion.

    Stats for nerds
    20HN people shared it
    44linked in comments
    224story points
    Jun 2025last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      The soul moved the pen, and broke it: Flaubert's emotional style
      1 person · 50 points · first shared 2024 · 10 comments on HN
    2. 2
      How Penelope Fitzgerald became a late blooming novelist
      1 person · 49 points · first shared 2024 · 24 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Is Atlas Shrugged the New Vibe?
      1 person · 36 points · first shared 2025 · 65 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Writing Advice Is a Lie
      2 people · 15 points · first shared 2024 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      Ignore the pessimists – we are living through a literary golden age
      2 people · 7 points · first shared 2025 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Paul Graham's Simple Rhetoric
      2 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      The American art of being busy
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      Jane Austen's Rake Problem
      2 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Can Fiction Improve You?
      2 people · 3 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
    10. 10
      Harold Bloom in Silicon Valley
      2 people · 3 points · first shared 2024 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • gsf_emergency_2Jun 2025

      the most complex of the Austen rakes, destined to be "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life", according to another regency quip, HC was

      https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/jane-austens-rake-problem

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