THE BOOK OF BLOODY
BRITS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
Kipling explains everythingThe Brits tolerate provincial writers
Chapter 44
The Brits also had some women writers,
2Including tJane Austen,
3Who wrote stories about the importance of manners,
4Which the Brits think they invented,
5For some reason.
6There was also uEmily Brontë and her sister aCharlotte,
7Who each wrote a book about a long and peculiar romance,
8bWhich convinced a lot of other women down through history to do the same thing,
9Unfortunately.
10There was also cGeorge Eliot,
11Who was a woman too,
12For some reason.
13Then there was dElizabeth Barrett Browning,
14eWho extended the odd Brit system of counting to include love,
15fWithout much success.
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