We celebrate Jane Austen as the mother of the English realist novel, but have you ever wondered why she insists on giving her mature heroines the "perfect happiness" that can only be realized in the romance? Romancing Jane Austen asks the reader to consider Austen's happy endings as a "prophetic" rather than merely "illusory" answer to the contradiction that feminine subjectivity represents for history.

The Meaning of Love

This book is written for those people who deny romantic touches in their life. who believe that they are scattered to pieces here and there all over the world. However, the good news about love is that it makes life meaningful. The bad news is that there is always a price to be paid. "Free love" is an oxymoron—a contradiction in terms. Moreover, this seems to be true regardless of the diverse meanings that love has for us.