![]() There’s a dark horse in the race for Jane Austen’s best man – and you may not even have heard of him.ĭespite this keen humour, when most people think of Austen, it’s as a writer of romance, and she is indeed responsible for many of the conventions and tropes still found in romances today.įilm and TV adaptations have helped bring her stories to audiences who would not necessarily read 19 th-century literature. ![]() They’re endlessly re-readable – it’s like taking a bath for your mind.” ![]() She was a master of character, plots and humour, and I think people don’t realise how funny and clever her books are. “Jane Austen can still teach us a lot about how to think and how to feel, what’s important in life and how to laugh at ourselves and others. ![]()
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