By Jane Austen of course. She was perhaps herself like Mrs. Jennings, (a character in the book), good naturedly nosy, loved prying into others' social and love lives, loved hooking people up.
Now Mrs. Jennings is not the protagonist, she is just a pleasantly animated sidekick. The main characters are two sisters - Elinor and Marianne. For those who have read the book, I'd like to tell them that I am somewhere midway between those two characters.
Marianne (younger) is quick of emotion, extreme in expression, indifferent to social protocols when it doesn't quite suit her.
Elinor is much more stable, calm and collected. She can't help being a people-pleaser most of the time.
So I've read better classics, and this is not the best by Jane Austen either. But this lady's insight into people's minds, what causes them to be what they are is surprising. Can a Mrs. Jennings type of person see so clearly into people? And still be so dedicated to their social cause and status?
Because I always thought, the more you know people, the farther away you'd like to be from them.
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