Jane Austen: A Memoir

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Jane Austen really took off after her nephew published that biography of her in like the 1860s or something like that. There are theories that that was a publisher induced thing like she released sense and sensibility it was a success. Jane Austen didn't get a lot of recognition in her lifetime but then you know by By the 1900s, there's a whole subculture dedicated to loving Jane Austen.

This week, we take another run at Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is, in Andrew's words, "a book where a bunch of people eventually get married to each other.

"It's also more than that, of course—it gives us an opportunity to talk about class, wealth, social standing, love, the institution of marriage, Milton Bradley jingles, and one Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Fitzy to his friends).

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