William Deresiewicz takes a humorous look at what a person might learn from reading Jane Austen. Check out his A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things That Matter.
The Huffington Post recently ran a the Twelve Lessons one might learn from Jane Austen.
Among those one can find: Gossip is the highest form of wisdom.
Also, one might learn that “Humiliation is the fastest way of growing up.”
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