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Radio 4,15 Sep 2005,28 mins

Trollope on Austen

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Best-selling novelist Joanna Trollope examines the work of her favourite author, Jane Austen and demonstrates that there is a much darker side to her favourite author than is usually acknowledged. With contributions from Lisa Jardine, Ian MacMillan, P D James, Professor Marilyn Butler, Andrew Davis and Gurinder Chadha.

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