She'd read all of Jane Austen that year-Austen was good, but when you told people you liked Pride and Prejudice, they expected you to be all sunshine and wedding veils, and Sylvia preferred the rainy moors. The Brontës weren't afraid to let someone die of consumption, which Sylvia respected.
( Emma Straub )
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