How did I not know Jane Austen was a vicious bitch?
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All my life, I’ve thought of Jane Austen novels as the kind where women constrained by a society that won’t permit them any real adventures express themselves in the few ways permitted to them. A glance here or there, a few choice words at the emotional climax, maybe some fainting. But even in their anger Austen’s heroines are never truly cruel. That’s why we like them, because despite the pressures of their society they react with grace.
How did I not know Jane Austen was a vicious bitch?
How did I not know Jane Austen was a vicious…
How did I not know Jane Austen was a vicious bitch?
All my life, I’ve thought of Jane Austen novels as the kind where women constrained by a society that won’t permit them any real adventures express themselves in the few ways permitted to them. A glance here or there, a few choice words at the emotional climax, maybe some fainting. But even in their anger Austen’s heroines are never truly cruel. That’s why we like them, because despite the pressures of their society they react with grace.