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ariadnes_stringRe: the therapeutic value of reading Jane Austen:
"H.F. Brett Smith, an Oxford tutor, served in World War I as an adviser in British Hospitals. His special responsibility was the prescription of salubrious reading for the wounded, and he recommended Austen's novels to "severely shell-shocked" veterans."
(I can see this happening at Downton Abbey--perhaps not with the desired results)
"H.F. Brett Smith, an Oxford tutor, served in World War I as an adviser in British Hospitals. His special responsibility was the prescription of salubrious reading for the wounded, and he recommended Austen's novels to "severely shell-shocked" veterans."
(I can see this happening at Downton Abbey--perhaps not with the desired results)
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Date: 2011-10-04 11:29 pm (UTC)A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter