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⌈ Secret Post #2463 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Oh for crying out loud

[rosehiptea]

I think the fact that it's easy to read and a simple story line is actually pretty significant -- I've read a lot of female novelists who came before Austen and she really vastly improved on a lot of what they were doing. They had "complex plots" all right but they often involved improbable coincidences, ridiculous plot points, and huge doses of "Oh for fuck's sake if they would just explain the situation they could work all of this out." At least Elizabeth was angry at Darcy for an actual reason, not some kind of simple misunderstanding.

(I'm not saying male novelists of the period (and all periods) didn't pull the same shit! I just have barely read any to be honest.)

But anyway I'm 100% behind messing with Austen if one feels like it. I didn't realize that there was such a feeling against doing it, since I've seen plenty of Austen fanfiction... though I'll admit it was mostly "respectful" stuff.