Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly My rating: 5 of 5 stars Part of my ongoing research in preparation for my graduate thesis. This wasn’t originally on my reading list, but my husband spotted it at the Waterstones bookshop in Bath and insisted on buying it. He has a good eye for great resources. This was the first book on Jane Austen and her works that (1) did not put her on some sort of pedestal; (2) did not blindly accept every detail that is known about her as fact; and (3) did not end up critiquing Jane’s writing and life choices based on present day options available…