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Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
By Helena Kelly
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By Helena Kelly
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Get to know the political world of Austen’s novels as Helena Kelly explores the progressive and subversive subjects under the surface. Find out the 19th-century author’s (sometimes biting, sometimes subtle) commentary on feminism, slavery, poverty, the Church and more.
A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daringhow truly radicala writer she was.
In this fascinating, revelatory work, Helena Kellydazzling Jane Austen authoritylooks past the grand houses, the pretty young women, past the demure drawing room dramas and witty commentary on the narrow soc...
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