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Monday, April 2, 2007 12:00 AM

Jane Austen: Hot or not?

British publisher gives "plain" author extreme makeover.
Lynn Harris

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  • Monday, April 2, 2007 10:05 AM

    Correct to be bothered

    No, not bothered --outraged. Be very f****g outraged.

    This may seem like a trivial thing to some, but Jane Austen was one of the greatest women writers who ever lived. It's absolutely deplorable for anyone to try to market her as some 18th century Jackie Collins.

    —virginia mom Read virginia mom's other letters

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