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The Amateur Austenite
An enthusiastic amateur discusses Jane Austen's novels chapter by chapter. All are welcome whether you have a fancy degree or not.
The Amateur Austenite
Lady Susan Letter 7
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We discuss if Jane Austen was an economist and if Mrs Vernon is attracted to Lady Susan
Letter .40
Discussion 4.53
The poem mentioned is by W. H Auden:
"It makes me most uncomfortable to see
An English spinster of the middle-class
Describe the amorous effects of 'brass',
Reveal so frankly and with such sobriety
The economic basis of society"
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