As much as I wish someone had poisoned Jane Austen, she probably just had cataracts

The literary internet is abuzz with news that Jane Austen — who died at age 41 — may have been poisoned. The evidence? Three pairs of her glasses have very strong lenses. This means she might have had cataracts. Sometimes, arsenic poisoning causes cataracts. Therefore, Jane Austen could have died from arsenic poisoning.
I’m not buying it, and not because I love Austen and don’t believe that anyone would have wanted her dead. (I happen to agree with my editor, Liz Lopatto,