10 Ways Jane Austen Lies to Women

2. If We Are Always Polite, We Will Win in the End

Fannie Price in Mansfield Park is so impossibly kind, even when she’s being tormented by those around her. Her reward, of course, is a better life and true love in the end. Unfortunately, if girls don’t stand up for themselves today, they wind up as the door mat in life, work, and love.