Jane Austen's Common Sense Wisdom on Marriage and Family

Jane Austen's Common Sense Wisdom on Marriage and Family: When one is looking for a good dose of reality and common sense, there are few better places than a Jane Austen novel. Entertaining they are, but also scattered with drops of wisdom that run counter to our modern notions. For example, take the idea of “change” (often coupled with “hope”); today this idea is …

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