[quote=@Mole]An English professor in University said never to marry a woman who is obsessed with Jane Austen, and I never looked back. For better or for worse or until I finally decide to read her.[/quote]

I suppose from a certain perspective it's a little bit like saying your favorite TV show is [i]90 Day Fiancé[/i]. Nothing wrong with consuming garbage every now and then in much the same way that there's nothing wrong with indulging on the occasional junk food, but if it's your principal consumption, if it's your [i]favorite,[/i] that speaks to a narrow palatal purview indeed. I could see how, ignoring or devaluating the literary merits, not to mention the book's contributions to Western canon, ranking it above all other literature in one's esteem would reflect to some others as a defect in moral or intellectual character.

I for one thus far have greatly enjoyed the witty dialogue, believable cast, utterly charming main character, and (relative to its contemporaries) feminist themes, but yes: at the end of it all, and after no small amount of reduction, the book is about snooty rich people marrying each other for convenience and then gossiping about it.