Given their aptitude for spinning, dissembling and – naming no names – spouting outright lies, politicians as first-person narrators can hardly be deemed reliable, writes arts columnist Fiona Sturges
It is a fact universally acknowledged that every list of great books must include Pride and Prejudice. Don’t be fooled by the bonnets and balls: beneath the sugary surface is a tart exposé of the marriage market in Georgian England. For every lucky Elizabeth, who tames the haughty, handsome Mr. Darcy and learns to know herself in the process, there’s a Charlotte, resigned to life with a driveling buffoon for want of a pretty face.
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