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JANE AUSTEN STILL A NOVELIST FOR '90S.(EDITORIAL)

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From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 19960130
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Byline: MAUREEN WEST NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

"Who in modern life resembles a Jane Austen lead character?" I asked a friend who had just seen the movie Sense and Sensibility, one of a plethora of recent film and television productions based on the 19th century author's novels.

He thought aloud, ruminating on names of women in public life, only to say: "My wife." I smiled, believing that Jane Austen would have been pleased.

Austen, whose work has gained so much popularity lately that "Janemania" has been declared, makes us think about the truths at home within each ...

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