Just in time for ITV's upcoming Austen season and to coincide with the release last Friday of Austen biopic Becoming Jane, the BBC and Telegraph books blog are both trotting out the usual cliches that Jane was only writing about crinolines and love affairs (when actually she was writing about women's rights and gently but pointedly satirising the society she lived in, but whatever). And yesterday, Keris reported that even chick lit star Marian Keyes isn't a fan of J.A. Horrors!
If you haven't yet read the fabulous Flirting With Pride & Prejudice, now might be a good time to remind yourself why you love Austen. Unless... maybe... you don't?
