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A radical look at Jane Austen as youve never seen her as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britains favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her books make such awesome movies, time after time.

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Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously JILLY COOPER

Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer

A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021