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Jane Austen is so, so funny. But what elevates her sense of humor is that she has a way of making you feel as if the two of you, author and reader, are the only people in the world who are in on the joke. The sly remark, the side-eye, the conspiratorial wink in her language. I love her.

"Mama, the more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!"

I see the dating scene hasn't changed much from the late 18th century