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A summer romance: Six Weeks by the Sea, by Paula Byrne, reviewed

23 August 2025 9:09 am

Byrne imagines the twentysomething Jane Austen, on holiday in Sidmouth, falling for the lawyer Samuel Rose – a perfect foil, being a cross between Mr Darcy and Mr Knightley

Lost in translation

15 February 2020 9:00 am

You won’t find much Jane Austen in the myriad adaptations of her novels, says Claire Harman

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