| If Janeites tend towards punctiliousness, Dickensians have a penchant for the jocose. |
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| They referred to themselves as Janeites in order to distinguish themselves from the masses who did not properly understand her works. |
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| Unlike virtually all academic readers of Austen since the 1950s, Janeites in foxholes do not think Austen's novels are about courtship and marriage. |
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| The continuing disconnection between the popular appreciation of Austen, particularly by modern Janeites, and the academic appreciation of Austen has widened considerably. |
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