Why Jane Austen's work still resonates

That's the great thing about Austen. Because what she was writing about was the human experience. The man who loves me must burn with it, with all his passions, without the slightest restraint or hesitation. I think what keeps her so, we're talking about her now, it's what keeps her work, it introduces a whole new generation to it. And I think that, I almost think of her characters kind of like the way I do Shakespeare's in the fact that every individual will find something unique within Hamlet or Juliet because the writing is so brilliant and we can connect to it as our individuals. We do tell a slightly different story for Willoughby, which is a slightly more redeeming story. It isn't Brandon's young ward that he has an affair with, but the widow of his brother. And Willoughby is very adamant that he didn't know about what had taken place in his absence and had he known, he would not have behaved in that way. Ghosting is a more relevant term now. Willoughby's not responding to her letters. We have a term for that now, love bombing, which would explain Willoughby's gift of a horse. I feel like JoJo Oakley wanted to focus very much on the love between the two sisters, you know? It's not only falling in love with these men, but it's really about their relationship and like learning who you are through falling in love in a way. So that might, I think that resonates with, I mean, at least it resonates with me.