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A Jane Austen Education

How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
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Aug 01, 2013crankylibrarian rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
" 'A Jane Austen Education'? " sneered a gentlemen of my acquaintance. "What's that; how to curtsy and dance a proper minuet?" "No, actually it's a book by a guy on how reading Jane Austen stopped him from being a jerk. Perhaps you'd like to borrow it?" Wonderful, painfully honest memoir by a formerly self-satisfied modern lit snob, who gained a healthy dose of humility and self-awareness by following in the fictional footsteps of Jane Austen's heroines. Ample proof that great literature transcends gender, time periods, and culture.