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A review by rachelleahdorn
Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly
5.0
I really loved this. I was fairly surprised how many reviewers on GR didn’t. I haven’t read other Jane Austen criticism, so maybe these ideas aren’t new to everyone, but I really liked getting the backgrounds on the stuff I wasn’t aware of (dates of events, what enclosure was all about, some of the other social knowledge that people of the time would have known that isn’t relevant in society today).
As another reviewer suggested, maybe I liked it because I want to read Jane Austen as a radical. Maybe it helped that most of the interpretations were new to me (or, at least, I’ve never read them from someone else before). Or maybe I just super love Jane Austen and enjoyed reading a book by someone who also loves her writing.
I thought the book was well-written, an enjoyable read and the author informed me of some things I didn’t know and suggested some ideas I want to think about it next time I read these books.
As another reviewer suggested, maybe I liked it because I want to read Jane Austen as a radical. Maybe it helped that most of the interpretations were new to me (or, at least, I’ve never read them from someone else before). Or maybe I just super love Jane Austen and enjoyed reading a book by someone who also loves her writing.
I thought the book was well-written, an enjoyable read and the author informed me of some things I didn’t know and suggested some ideas I want to think about it next time I read these books.