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The Unsentimental, Acerbic and Deeply Compassionate Fiction of Jane Gardam
The British author, best known for her “Old Filth” trilogy, never paid much attention to literary fashion, and her 22 novels ...
Jane Gardam, Witty Novelist of a Waning British Empire, Dies at 96
The Queen of the Tambourine,” “Old Filth” and other fiction vividly captured both working-class and aristocratic Britain in ...
Janeites, the original fan subculture, are all pride, no prejudice
It's not that old. Merely the first fan subculture. Before "Trekkies," before "Beatlemaniacs," "Janeites" were letting the world know that they love, love love Jane Austen.
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Local Jane Austen Scholar’s Latest Work? A Graphic Novel
Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible.