Very good book; ‘academic’ Lit Crit, but well written and argued.
My problem was an ignorance of Jane Austen’s novels (which I must now read). I don’t think I have ever read 'Mansfield Park', (sub-text slavery?) or 'Sense and Sensibility' and must do so.
Whether or not you agree, and she does labour her points sometimes, both about implicit symbols (the chain and the cross in 'Mansfield Park') and the significance of certain names, it is very cogently argued and I didn’t disagree, and indeed learnt from things she has to say about 'Pride & Prejudice'.
Very good.
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