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Adrahil

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1. My wife is a 19th century British Literature professor.

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 07:51 PM

Mar 2017

Jane Austen was highly critical of marriage mores and the "marriage market" of the time. Her work favors connections and respect between men and women, something that was somewhat subversive at the time. Some of her work could be bitingly satirical... see "Northanger Abbey."

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Shitting on Something Else - Jane Austen Has Become An Alt-Right Icon, Somehow [View all] TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 OP

My wife is a 19th century British Literature professor. Adrahil Mar 2017 #1

They can only take the symbols we allow them to. synergie Mar 2017 #2

At least the alties are consistently tone deaf Warpy Mar 2017 #3

Oh,no! Jane Austin Mar 2017 #4

On a lighter Austen note, did you see the story about her creating fake news? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2017 #7

No, I hadn't seen that. Jane Austin Mar 2017 #8

I've always wished that a time portal could have brought Shakespeare and Jane together... First Speaker Mar 2017 #5

Milo being Milo but this has been a thing among alt-righters for a while... JHan Mar 2017 #6