When Josh Pullinger opened Jane Austen’s Persuasion for the first time earlier this year, he was surprised to find he related to the book more than he thought.
“It feels very much like a queer experience that I had when I was younger,” Pullinger, 26, says. “Like: I sort of really like this person, but I know that it's not what I'm supposed to do or I feel like it's not what I'm supposed to do.”
