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Jane Austen 'transcribed conversations'

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The writings of Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park, are being analysed to see if her success was down to a good editor.

Kathryn Sutherland, Professor of English at Oxford University, discusses some of her discoveries about one of the country's best-loved writers.


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