![]() ![]() ![]() These novels may have invented the plot as we know it today.Īs we’ve said before and will point out often in these letters, the stories also - while not technically Romance-genre stories - introduce, build on, and play off of our favorite Romantic Tropes, from the hate-to-love or friends-to-lovers storylines, to the Alpha male, forbidden love, and proximity plots.īut we also know that within this scaffolding of she-who-identifies-as-girl-meets-complicated-person-who-identifies-as-boy, there is a lot of meandering to get to our much-anticipated engagement, and there’s also some analysis after the Love Declaration, where Austen shows us what she’s been doing all the while.Īnd this post-game analysis takes place in the books, friends, not so much in the screen adaptations. Sure, these novels follow the traditional Marriage Plot. This musing, pondering the question of what Jane Austen’s women want, is excerpted from The Austen Connection, reprinted by permission. ![]() If you’re like me, you’ve many times had to explain what Jane Austen is really about - you might find yourself explaining to friends who just don’t get it, that Austen is not all about finding a man who’s wealthier and more powerful than you are, to marry. ![]()
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