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Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley — review
Although I did—for the most part—find Lucy Worsley’s prose to be compelling, I thought that many of her arguments were unconvincing and biased. Of course historians have their biases, but shouldn’t they at least try to distance themselves from their subject? The problem I have with this biography props up in the author’s introduction: “While…
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen — book review
It isn’t surprising that Pride and Prejudice has become such a classic, one that inspired thousands of adaptations and re-tellings. Many of the story’s components have become conventions…and to dismiss this novel as a ‘girl’s book’ is not only incredibly superficial but it negates Jane Austen’s clever social commentary. While many of its characters are…
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Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld : book review
Over the course of 500 pages or we become acquainted with what I can best describe as a grating cast of characters. Eligible is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice that seems mostly focused on making fun of how idiotic and delusional its characters are. It soon becomes apparent that this is a satirical work…
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