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Letters to Alice by Fay Weldon (Omnibus)
'Boring, petty and irrelevant'. Author Fay Weldon replies to her teenage niece about the strengths of Jane Austen’s novels.
Fay Weldon replies to her teenage niece, a young literature student, who complains she finds Jane Austen 'boring, petty and irrelevant'.
Aunt Fay makes a strong and witty case for the enduring value of the classics of English literature.
Written and read by Fay Weldon.
Omnibus of four parts abridged by Shelley Bovey.
Producer: Alec Reid
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991.
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