Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved Austen in the horror section.
It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding.
Each of us has a private Austen.
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