Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: D. W. Harding , following and expanding upon Farrer , argued in his essay `` Regulated Hatred : An Aspect of the Work of Jane Austen '' that Austen 's novels did not support the status quo but rather subverted it .
Simplified: D. W. Harding , adding to Farrer , wrote an essay called `` Regulated Hatred : An Aspect of the Work of Jane Austen '' .