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JANE AUSTEN, GLORIOUSLY REVISITED.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 20021208
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Byline: GEORGE H. TUCKER

JANE AUSTEN: The World of Her Novels

DEIRDRE LE FAYE

Abrams. 320 pp. $29.95.

THIS WONDERFUL new contribution to the seminal books on Jane Austen scores on two points.

First, it is a masterful and eminently readable presentation of the life and works of England's greatest woman novelist. Second, it is easily the most beautifully illustrated book on that author that has ever been published. Just to handle it is a sensuous experience.

The author, Deirdre Le Faye, is a former associate of the British Library in London. She is now ...

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