Jane austen the secret radical review5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() They weren’t bad, they just felt unnecessary and broke up the fascinating history Kelly worked so hard to tie together and present in this neat little package.īasically she breaks the book into Austen’s finished novels and describes the overarching theme. She took a letter or a couple of letters and attempted to write a scene from Austen’s point of view. Honestly, what I think hurt the book more than it helped the book was Kelly’s addition of the creative nonfiction pieces at the beginning of each chapter. She provided more detail of course, especially when it came to names and places, but overall there just weren’t a lot of revelations. Sure Kelly highlighted a few things that I missed when reading Austen, but really she just expounded upon the things that those of us who don’t read Austen ONLY as a romance novelist, but as a social commentator hopefully picked up on. I mean that’s why I requested a copy from the publisher.* I was hoping as the 200th anniversary of Austen’s death rapidly approaches there’d be something completely new and innovative to talk about, but there wasn’t. With a title like Jane Austen, the Secret Radical, you’d expect there to be revelations of sorts and yet there weren’t. ![]() Perhaps I’m too smart for my own good, but overall this book was a bit disappointing. ![]()
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