Jane Austen and her Country-House Comedy
Chapter 1 of 7 Chapter I - Dominant Qualities
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- Running time
- 4 h 51 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Beth Thomas (1974-2020), Ciufi Galeazzi, Deon Gines, MargaretD
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About this recording
Written for the centenary of Jane Austen's death, W. H. Helm reflects poetically on the timelessness of her work: the must of age has not settled on her books. The lavender may lie between their pages, but it is still sweet. Helm briefly surveys Jane Austen's influences, literary contemporaries and themes. He is particularly interested in her ideas and characters, and his short book is fully of pithy quotes encapsulating "the best of Jane Austen". Summary by Beth Thomas