[C19fan]

Count me in although I am more a Bronte fan.

[AppyPappy]

I like her songs but can’t stand her voice.

[JBW1949]

Who is Jane Austen?

[Red Badger]

I take pride in my prejudices and with complete sense and sensibility......................

[chajin]

I one of the colleges I taught for, for a number of years the students were required to read Persuasion in the humanities class. I took a different tack than most, digging into the Christian aspects of the book, and how Austen was an Anglican who had some sympathies with the evangelicals of her day. I was just enough under the radar that I got away with it, though the course later was redesigned without the book assignment, and I was switched over to teaching their critical thinking course anyway. There is nothing underlying Austen's works that goes against conservative or Biblical principles.

[Let's Roll]

Who even knew that conservatives would be discerning enough to BE Austen fans?

Would have thought that only ‘women’ dressed like vaginas would have the intellect, sensitivity and good taste to be Austen fans.

[oldplayer]

I dodged Austen all through high school and college. Years later, my teenage daughter challenged me to read Pride & Prejudice. I read it and loved it.

Unfortunately, reading Austen caused me to immediately disdain poor writing. Numerous times since, I have quit reading otherwise interesting books (often, best sellers) because the author’s English was so tortured.

From time to time I go back to her novels just to remind myself how good literature is constructed. I am never disappointed.

[JimSEA]

Jane Austin has to be read with a recognition of the class structured society and values of her own day. With that in mind, her works are quite remarkable in their insights as well as their gentle humor.