Wild for Austen: The True Story of a Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane Austen Gage Greenwood When Springville residents—at least the

When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night

After reading a comment begging him to break into her house wearing a mask

After unknowingly making a deal at the crossroads

” - Anne Lamott

Meta Knight loses his mask

Wild for Austen: The True Story of a Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane Austen Gage Greenwood When Springville residents—at least theIncisive, funny, and deeply researched insights into the life, writing, and legacy of Jane Austen, by the preeminent scholar Devoney Looser. Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we ever truly believed Jane Austen to be a quiet spinster, scholar Devoney Looser puts that myth to rest at last in Wild for Austen. These, and many other events and characters, come to life throughout this rollicking book. Austen, we learn, was far wilder in her time