英國最受推崇的時尚小說家珍‧奧斯汀，她的作品屢次被改編成電視與電影，也讓最愛讀書的英國人總要拿她當作十九世紀的代表人物。《珍‧奧斯汀讀書會》作者凱倫‧芙勒從少女時代起就是奧斯汀迷，她在《珍‧奧斯汀讀書會》一書中放入六個角色對應六部奧斯汀膾炙人口的小說，並經由讀書會的討論對話，巧妙結合小說與現實，讀者在不知不覺中彷彿也是讀書會的一員，並藉此更熟諳奧斯汀細膩迷人的文字世界。

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