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Janet Todd
Janet Todd
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Jane Austen is not my secret friend – although in my latest novel Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden I made her a bothering companion to my heroine. Here in this book I try to stay with her writing, with her novels, letters and jolly tales – and control my desire for intimacy with their author.

I do, though, ask why her work makes so many of us want to open up to its creator, why she can tempt us into appointing her our comforter and advisor.

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Living with Jane Austen , pp. 1 - 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Introduction
  • Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Living with Jane Austen
  • Online publication: 13 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009569323.001
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  • Introduction
  • Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Living with Jane Austen
  • Online publication: 13 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009569323.001
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  • Introduction
  • Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Living with Jane Austen
  • Online publication: 13 March 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009569323.001
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