The Things that Really Matter–

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter by William Deresiewicz is a wonderful overview of the depth of Jane Austen’s genius presented in the unique form of a literary analysis cum diary. I dearly wish I had read it before I met Bill in August 2012 in at the Decatur Book Festival. I’d have loved to discuss any number of his insights and explore further some of his conclusions. This “study” of Austen and Peter Leithart’s Miniat...