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I know I just updated, but FUCKING WILLOUGHBY.

The fact that my edition is unabriged is ridiculous. That means there are abriged versions floating around. What are you going to do? Cut out the snark? You have to admit that those are the most unnecessary Austen bits. Whether you enjoy the final product or not is on you.

...Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.

You've heard of the mother-in-law; now, get ready for pairs of people who think having fertile heterosexual sex entitles them to slave ownership. Thanks to Wollstonecraft, I get to write a paper on this for class.

Coyness finds its purest form in the shape of a man. The fact that this is not oft remarked upon only attests to its success.

"[H]e then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of an heavy rain."

Seems Austen shares my appreciation for the wonderful sculpting effect water has on clothing of certain types of folks.

We're actually starting Austen off with bits and pieces of Catharine and Other Writings, but there's not enough of them to constitute reviewing quite yet.

Since this is Austen, this is unlikely to occur, but this guy really needs to be kicked. Hard. In every soft and fragile part of his body. Repeatedly. Did I mention blood, bone, and brain matter would be welcome sights? Because they would be.

...because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical; but that did not signify. It was censure in common use and easily given.

...he eyed him with a curiosity which seemed to say, that he only wanted to know him to be rich, to be equally civil to him.