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‘Sexist’ Jane Austen novel too upsetting for students’

‘Sexist’ Jane Austen novel too upsetting for students’

Or: has the world gone stark, staring mad?

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‘Sexist’ Jane Austen novel too upsetting for students’ - The Times, 1st February, 2023

Not to sound too much like the Dowager Duchess, but ‘content warnings’ on Jane Austen? Dear God, has it come to this? It roused me to outrage before 8am which, let me tell you, is quite something as I prefer the quiet hum Radio 4 and coffee pre-9am. (Albeit I rather s…

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