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For [jane Austen And The Readers Of Pride And Prejudice], As For Mr. Darcy, [elizabeth Bennett's] Solitary Walks Express The Independence That Literally Takes The Heroine Out Of The Social Sphere Of The Houses And Their Inhabitants, Into A Larger, Lonelier World Where She Is Free To Think: Walking Articulates Both Physical And Mental Freedom.

Walking, Ideally, Is A State In Which The Mind, The Body, And The World Are Aligned.

Roads Are A Record Of Those Who Have Gone Before.

Women Often Find Great Roles In Revolution, Simply Because The Rules Fall Apart And Everyone Has Agency, Anyone Can Act.

Stories Are Compasses And Architecture, We Navigate By Them, We Build Our Sanctuaries And Our Prisons Out Of Them, And To Be Without A Story Is To Be Lost In The Vastness Of A World That Spreads In All Directions Like Arctic Tundra Or Sea Ice.