William Deresiewicz

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter (2011)

I'd rather be locked in a room with 100 Janeites debating Mansfield Park ("the Fanny Wars") than look at this again. I started out thinking I'd be reading another in the recent plethora of "how I was an asshole but became enlightened because of X" memoirs. And it is. Except the author never stops...

La vita secondo Jane Austen (2012)

Amazing. I can't wait to read it again. Totally bummed. Expected something different............

Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life (2014)

Excellent Sheep is a compelling case for a liberal arts education and a reform of the higher education system. It is more opinion based than fact based but still remains mostly objective. Lots of good personal stories and examples are included. I feel like the book discounts the intensity of an I...

Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets (2005)