Modern romance has rewritten Jane Austen, trading social critique for fantasy. Learn how Austen’s sharp insights on power, gender, and survival were lost in the myth of “happily ever after.”

Explore how Jane Austen's novels reveal the hidden politics of masculinity and marriage. Far from fairy tales, her stories expose the economic and social pressures shaping gender and courtship in Regency England.

Discover the radical side of Jane Austen in Helena Kelly’s provocative book. Jane Austen, the Secret Radical reveals how Austen’s novels critique war, slavery, patriarchy, and power—hidden beneath the surface of romance. A must-read for fans of feminist and political literary analysis.