Joanna Trollopes Elinor believes that sex in short-term relationships is acceptable. Such romanticising can be construed as offensive to Jane Austens own sensibilities. In most of her novels

Robert Ferrars is gay in Joanna Trollopes storyhis marriage to Lucy is just a cover.

Gay relationships or romances were unimaginable in the time of Jane Austens society. In addition

Joanna Trollopes Elinor believes that sex in short-term relationships is acceptable. Such romanticising can be construed as offensive to Jane Austens own sensibilities. In most of her novels