Rational Creatures: Stirrings of Feminism in the Hearts of Jane Austen's Fine Ladies

Each anthology in "The Quill Collective" series is a stand-alone book. "But I hate to hear you talking so, like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days." -PERSUASION Jane Austen: True romantic or rational creature? Her novels transport us back to the Regency, a time when well-mannered gentlemen and finely-bred ladies fell in love as they danced at balls and rode in carriages. Yet her heroi...