
Ep 35 - Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Hardcore Literature
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Pride and Prejudice by Elizabeth Bennett and Elizabeth Darcy
Pride and Prejudice is a book that will afford you many a deep laugh, particularly after the reading persuasion. I at this concept was inextricably intertwined with the ideas of marriage. Most people didn't marry for love. Things probably looked more like arranged marriages because marriage was the easiest way for somebody to achieve upward social mobility. And I think Austin said, you know what? No, I had my soulmate. He's gone. I'm not settling for second best."
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