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Jane Austen and the Reformed Rake

October 2, 2022by harpandsong21 Comment on Jane Austen and the Reformed Rake
Jane Austen and the Reformed Rake

No, I’m not talking about theologically conservative gardening tools. Around the time Jane Austen was writing, there was a literary motif which became a cliché that is still seen in many books and films even today, the theme of the reformed rake. A rake was a man “after only one thing,” known for immoral relationships [...]

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