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From: The Village Voice
Date: 20040428
Author:Wilson, Mollie

THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB By Karen Joy Fowler Putnam/Marian Wood, 288 pp. $23.95

JANE ADDICTION

Fowler's group therapy helps devoted readers get in touch with their private Austens

As depicted in a watercolor portrait by her amateur artist sister, Cassandra, Jane Austen was not especially lovely. However, it is still possible that the real Jane was a beauty: Those who knew the family disagreed about the faithfulness of her sister's rendition, and Janeites seeking a reliable image of their patron are therefore frustrated, rather than satisfied, by Cassandra's attempt to provide one.

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