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530 Martin Amis RIP (with Mike Palindrome)

The History of Literature

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The Pride and Prejudice of Jane Austen

Martin Amos wrote an essay about the wave of Jane Austin adaptations. The author says he sympathized with viewers who rang BBC in tears over new series. He adds that Austen was not anachronistic because she wrote about couples and human psychology.

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