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The Casual Writer's avatar

"Stories are nice, but the lowest form of reading." Bruh, HWHAT? Why tf else do people read?? Why do people RE-read anything if not for the story? We literally have a meme where people joke about making dumb decisions "for the plot."

The people who are out here saying that Austen is not a romance writer - with their full chest, apparently - are not grounded in reality.

Side note: Are you familiar with the YouTube vlog series The Lizzy Bennet Diaries? It's a re-telling of P&P via vlogs circa 2010 (which really shows), but in my opinion it's well done. Your throw away comment about Lydia made me think of that series, because they take her character development in a very different direction!

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Brian Dewey's avatar

Amen! I’m on a quest to read all of Austen this year and so far I’m loving it. I’m a man and I’m not supposed to read romances but I’ll join you on your hill. They’re romances. Witty romances with a lot of social commentary, but romances.

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