by Jane Austen. Somehow, in all my years of voracious reading, I missed that one. I did watch the movie with my girls, when we were still allowed to travel. One of them brought it home and we enjoyed it together. Normally, I hate it when someone says they have not read the book, but they saw the movie.
I miss seeing my children.
Actually, I have not gotten beyond the scholarly introduction. There is an interesting quote from Mary Wollstonecraft in the intro, from A Vindication of the Rights of Women:
if fear in girls, instead of being cherished, perhaps created, were treated in the same manner as cowardice in boys, we should quickly see women with more dignified aspects ... 'Educate women like men' says Rousseau, 'and the more they resemble our sex, the less power they will have over us.' This is the very point I am at. I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves.
I have this Austen book in one of my must-read piles because people give me gift certificates to our local independent bookstore. I still have one gift card. If things ever open up again, I will look to this group for ideas.
Happy reading, everyone.
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