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Helena Kelly


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The United Kingdom

HELENA KELLY grew up in North Kent. She has taught classics and English Literature at the University of Oxford. She lives in Oxford with her husband and son.

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Average rating: 3.84 · 1,881 ratings · 454 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors
Jane Austen, the Secret Rad...
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“if the past is filled with uncertainty and violent change, if the land you’re standing on was once under the sea, you can be sure of anything. How can you rely on tradition or order or identity when the whole world is mutable, when dynasties crumble and all your deepest beliefs might be based on fiction?”
― Helena Kelly, Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
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“Romance is natural, nostalgia is natural, but so is moving on.”
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“The Influence of the Female Character upon Society, published in 1801, complains about female fashions.”
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