Rational Creatures edited by Christina Boyd

Rational Creatures: Stirrings of Feminism in the Hearts of Jane Austen's Fine Ladies edited by Christina Boyd with a Foreword by Devony Looser --- 465 pages including  Acknowledgements by the editor.

Rational Creatures is a collection of short stories providing another look, from a different angle, at a number of Jane Austen's characters. The sixteen modern authors who appear here are part of the "Quill Collective." In this, the third volume by the Quill Collective, sixteen modern authors examine the nascent feminism of Mary Wollstonecraft displayed by Austen's strong female characters in their determination at least to have a voice in deciding who they would marry.  Previous volumes by the Quill Collective include The Darcy Monologues: A Romance Anthology of "Pride & Prejudice" Short Stories in Mr. Darcy's Own Words and Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes and Gentlemen Rogues.

For those who love Regency romances, and for those who admire Jane Austen.

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