The other night I saw a special on ABC Nightline that asked the question "Why are we all of a sudden so Jane Austen crazed?"
How timely.
Along with the special there was a small documentary film about the annual Jane Austen festival in Bath, England. The participants talked a lot about their opinions as to why stories like EMMA appeal to modern romances. The prevailing argument was that Jane Austen's books depict a more charmed and mannerly time. Do they really? I'm not so sure. Some of those characters are not very mannerly at all!
Here is a link to the story on the ABC site.
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3740964&page=1
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