
503 Persuasion (Book One) (with Gina Buonaguro)
The History of Literature
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Jane Austen: A Memoir of a Middle Child
Middle children are often forgotten their overlooks they're taken for granted and yet they seem to be everyone's friends at the same time. I mean the father certainly treats her like a forgotten child yeah yeah. Do you think we've so moved on from this idea that well you've now aged out of the possibility of love and we're no longer going to kind of consider you in that respect? You can see Cassandra being maybe like Jane from Pride and Prejudice we're loving sister so it doesn't quite work as I was thinking but she I regardless she she observed middle children and I think yeah really nailed how they're often forgottentheir overlooks they’re taken for granted
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