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Of a different persuasion; To come.(The Jane Austen Book Club)(Book Review)

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From: The Economist (US)
Date: 20040717
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IT IS an enticing formula: six characters get together on six occasions to discuss the six novels of Jane Austen. As happens with such groups, they end up spending as much time learning about themselves as they do discussing the works of the gentle Hampshire genius.

Karen Joy Fowler's Californian book-club members are a colourful bunch; they include a half-Mexican woman whose husband of 32 years has just left her, their lesbian daughter, and (the only man) an out-of-work bachelor with limited computer skills. Given their background, they discuss Austen at a remarkably ...

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