I'd love to read your piece if you wouldn't mind sending me a link , I think it's not Open Access. (I'd be keen to get some more insight into the history of tyrannical fathers and you've certainly gone into some depth on that topic from what I can make out of from your abstract.)

You're right, Austen did live during a time of great socio-political change yet that is often disregarded. Didn't one of her favourite authors, Charlotte Smith, get into trouble over her defence of the French Revolution in her 1792 novel 'Desmond'? Given that reaction, I think it's unsurprising that Jane Austen opted to blend her feminist and social critique seamlessly into her writing rather than make her views painstakingly obvious. (I for one can't help but think about some of the points Wollstonecraft makes on the education afforded to women I consider characters like Maria Bertram.)

Thank you for reading!