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I know it doesn't make sense Written by Line (3/6/2009 9:38 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, How could Austen NOT like novels?, penned by Lynn

This is probably not the right place to discuss this, but in some ways it does seem as if JA wrote MP in a different state of mind than usual. Also, I still can't remember which came first, MP or NA (plus there's the confusion of when NA was originally written, as opposed to the date it was revised, if it was).

Your basic argument is 100% logical, and JA's defense of the novel *seems* to make her position perfectly clear. I would love to know if it was already in the original manuscript, or if she added it later on!

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Ch.5: Novel-reading, women and morality Line (3/5/2009 3:01 p.m.)

A few other reasons why novels were women's domain Laraine (3/6/2009 3:04 p.m.)
- Interesting - thanks, Laraine! (nfm) Line (3/7/2009 10:28 a.m.)
- High and low novels... Eirene (3/7/2009 1:12 a.m.)
  - I would not think *The Monk* and *Udolpho*... Adrian (3/7/2009 12:42 p.m.)
    - The Monk...does sound worse than Udolpho (nfm) Eirene (3/8/2009 10:40 p.m.)
    - "The Monk" is indeed a nasty piece of work... Delories (3/8/2009 4:04 a.m.)
We know some things I think Patricia P (3/6/2009 1:40 p.m.)
- Thanks, Patricia! (nfm) Line (3/7/2009 9:43 a.m.)
How could Austen NOT like novels? Lynn (3/5/2009 8:44 p.m.)
- I know it doesn't make sense Line (3/6/2009 9:38 a.m.)

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