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Jane, I hate to give you anything less than a five, but Fanny is just not my girl. This story feels like it needs George Elliot's hand to elevate the pastoral from the banal and boring. I miss your wit, because without it your half page sentences and insane passive voice make me a little crazy. I suppose everything you write cannot be complete perfection, but the women who came after you seemed to understand women's domestic lives in brighter shades and broader strokes. Still, you must know that
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I love Jane Austen, but I truly disliked this book. Austen is renowned for her colorful characters however; no one in the book came to life for me. They were all two-dimensional.
Jan 12, 2008
Clackamas
rated it
really liked it
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Feb 13, 2008
Willie
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it was amazing
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Jan 04, 2009
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
marked it as to-read
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Jun 24, 2010
Elizabeth
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really liked it
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