and in college, i fought hard to have her categorized as a "major author" in my program. i was an english major and we were required to study two "major authors," all of whom were men (shakespeare, chaucer and milton). i had two motivations: first, i thought it was crap that the school wasn't recognizing any woman as a "major author," and second, i was a lazy college student and didn't feel like navigating through chaucer or milton. so i fought for jane austen because i would be at oxford studying. i thought, why not jane austen, how romantic to be at oxford reading everything she ever wrote. HA!
by the second or third book i wished she had never written a word.
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i HATE jane austen
Date: 2004-02-04 03:07 pm (UTC)by the second or third book i wished she had never written a word.