1792
Jane Austen
Lesley Castle
B
Five female correspondents, each with a form of self-centredness, send letters to each other, discussing love, family, and food. The fun here is in the ways that the blind spots play off each other, like the stepmother who thinks her two new stepdaughters are Scotch giants, while they think she's a plain little thing. My favorite character is Charlotte Lutterell, who has the unsentimental outlook of Pride & Prejudice's Charlotte Lucas, but would rather see her sister married off than herself. Also, the subplot of the brother's unhappy marriage and happy divorce is young Jane at her most outrageous.
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