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A few days ago I bought this ebook, Bitch in a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen From the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps, and my feelings are thus far SUPER, SUPER MIXED. Because on the one hand, there is a strong vibe of "sit down, ladies, and let a MAN tell you how Austen SHOULD be read!" But on the other hand, the actual words that are written on the page (so far) I completely agree with. There's little that's groundbreaking for me in the analysis (and I've heard he's really anti-Fanny Price), but ... it's just refreshing when people talk about Jane Austen as a satirist rather than a romance writer.