by Elizabeth Kantor
Ok, so the title is cheesy. It sounds like one of those awful self-help books that litter the bookstores, and it turns out that this book is anything but. Elizabeth Kantor looks at the relationships pictured in Jane Austen's novels and separates out the good ones -- Darcy and Elizabeth, Anne Eliot a...
While I found the tips to be delightfully inspiring (if not self-explanatory), what I found most enjoyable was the character analysis. Kanton's way of describing Austen's characters, their worlds, and manner of livelihood was almost like reading a non-fiction fan-fiction. For me, it opened a whole n...