hey look, an Austen rant, haven't done one of those in a while

[tempestsarekind]

Apparently I really like The Toast except when they write about Jane Austen, because I feel like every piece I have read about Austen on the site has subtly irked me in some way. I read this piece a while ago (about the Jane Austen Centre in Bath), but this quotation has been going around Tumblr lately:

To see Jane Austen’s writing desk, you have

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[ericadawn16]

I have only wondered that sometimes when reading Elizabeth Gaskell and seeing what she was able to do with the genre in better circumstances and more schooling. However, maybe the only reason she was able to have all of that was because Austen was first and paved the way for everyone else.

I've read a few of the Austen with monsters books and most don't seem to actually like or at least respect her work. Norilana is the only exception.