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How Jane Austen Blew a Hole Through the Romance Genre She Created

Literary Hub 08 July 2026 13h ago
How Jane Austen Blew a Hole Through the Romance Genre She Created
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The most dramatic moment in Jane Austen’s Emma, and, arguably, in her whole body of work, has nothing to do with romance. After all, Emma Woodhouse’s reaction to George Knightley’s proposal is a bit of a place holder. The scene
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