Maggie Lane

An in-depth analysis of everything food-related in Austen's novels, written in the style of (and probably being) an academic paper which makes for long, elaborate and more often than not boring reading. The Kindle version comes without pictures which would've been a nice addition. I enjoyed the lecture about food and it's societal meaning in Austen's time, but didn't enjoy to get an interpretation of even the slightest hint reagarding food and eating in Austen's novels. For me it was too much analysis of Austen's writing and too ...