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Book of the Year

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Peggy Reynolds looks back at a specific year to discover the classics which have survived and the bestsellers which have disappeared from our bookshelves.
5: 1818. John Sutherland and Emma Tenant
talk about the year that saw the publication of Jane Austen 's Persuasion and Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

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Peggy Reynolds
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John Sutherland
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Emma Tenant
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Jane Austen
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Mary Shelley
Producer:
Fiona McLean
Source: Radio Times

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