Austen saved me from social media

from the Guardian

Austen was my Everest, and the struggle really was uphill. After a couple of years reading staccato sentences from aspiring LinkedInfluencers, diving into endless semicolons and subordinate clauses feels like going from a McDonald’s happy meal to a whole head of cauliflower: you know which is better for you, but it’s too much to bite off in one go. The …