Nicki Wrote:
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> I don't know if she would be a writer. I think she
> really did wish to make money in the only
> independent way she knew how, as well as (I think)
> enjoying writing. I suspect that modern-day Jane
> would have a more reliable 'steady' job, and
> perhaps write her novels on the side. I wonder if
> she would remain single, or if the better
> opportunities to mingle in the world given by
> today's society would lead her to find a partner?
>
>
As far as writing more risque stuff goes, I don't
> think she would. (Yes, that's the boring opinion,
> but it's truth). Jane only ever alludes to such
> things in the vaguest of ways - and generally they
> are involving non-main characters, and act as a
> plot device e.g. in Mansfield Park, S&S.
While I am not sure I agree with you, I am sure it is not a boring opinion. I posed the question because so much modern writing includes descriptions (sometimes really bad descriptions!)
I wonder if Jane would have been a woman of her times. I am trying to think of some modern writer who is successful who does not include strong allusions or outright descriptions of sex, such as you never find in a Jane Austen of the Regency book. Would Jane of today be different? Would she have to be?
nfm