“…such a degree of lively talents”
JASNA president and Friend of AustenBlog Marsha Huff has been profiled in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The article points out that she brings many talents to the position along with her affection for Jane Austen’s work.
And then there are the spinoffs and merchandising, everything from an action figure to sequel novels to movies such as “Becoming Jane.”
All of which makes a Milwaukee lawyer with a pixie haircut and impish grin quite happy, and a bit chagrined.
“Right now she needs an agent, but all of her stuff is out of copyright,” said Marsha Huff, the lawyer in question.
Imagine that book deal! Though we suspect that not nearly so many films would be made of Jane’s novels if the studios actually had to pay her royalties.
“The thing that sets (Jane Austen’s heroines) apart is their mind,” she said.
They usually are “brighter and more insightful” than other women in her books and “question the system they are in,” she said.
“It is a miracle to me that Jane Austen thought that way at a time when women had an inferior place in society,” she said.
Isn’t it grand? 
