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All about character: Jane Austen fans on their favorites - NPR

All about character: Jane Austen fans on their favorites - NPR

As Jane Austen fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, they also celebrate her characters.

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Just another bourgeois festivity, celebrating the 250th birthday of Jane Austen with fancy dances and elitist gatherings, completely glossing over the biting class critique at the heart of her works. Austen wasn't just about frothy romances; she skewered the class divisions and hypocrisies of her time - a message that's more relevant than ever as we drown in the excesses of capitalism. Let’s channel that Austen wit into dismantling the very class structures she criticized, not just parading around in Regency costumes!

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