Meet the Donald:

"Like a recurring character straight out of a Jane Austen novel, Trump fully inhabits his role as the unpardonably vain, tacky aristocrat whose thin charms do little to sugarcoat his fixation on his status and power among the privileged. Boorish as he might seem, we embrace him for making us feel like humble, down-to-earth Anne Elliots and Elizabeth Bennets by comparison.


I am posting this article as part of my ongoing effort to demonstrate the relevance of literature to our daily lives. While many might argue successfully that Donald Trump has nothing to do with our daily lives, twenty years ago the gossip-consuming public was fascinated with the seedy details of Trump's flamboyance and greed.

Next up (maybe): an article titled, "Everything I ever needed to know about motherhood I learned from King Lear."