Jane on the Brain: Exploring the Science of Social Intelligence with Jane Austen by Wendy Jones

Jane on the Brain: Exploring the Science of Social Intelligence with Jane Austen

Wendy Jones

391 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Why is Jane Austen so phenomenally popular? Why do we read Pride and Prejudice again and again? Why do we delight in Emma’s mischievous schemes? Why do we care that Anne Elliot of Persuasion suffers?We care because it is our biological destiny to ...

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