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Ask Me Anything | April 2023
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
What Makes Jane Austen a Genius?
You can absolutely read Jane Austen's novels at a completely surface level and go along with it, enjoy the fantasy. But I don't think that's what makes her a genius. Other people can do that. For me, what makes Jane Austen a genius is that there's a quite substantial gulf between the words on the page and what Jane Austen wants you to think.
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