New book on reading discusses Jane Austen’s work
Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading, a new book by Maureen Corrigan, the book reviewer for the radio show “Fresh Air,” includes a discussion of Jane Austen’s work.
For Corrigan, this is not a wholly gloomy genre — she includes in it the novels of Jane Austen because, even though they’re comic, they’re laced with an awareness of the societal restrictions placed on their heroines’ lives.
