Petina Gappah on 'Persuasion' Bookmarks
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Author Petina Gappah recommends a book she explains is “The most African of Jane Austen’s novels.” Her reason why is a look at women in African today told through the eyes of two novelists: a Zimbabwean in 2020 and English woman in 1818.
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Persuasion
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Author Petina Gappah recommends a book she explains is “The most African of Jane Austen’s novels.” Her reason why is a look at women in African today told through the eyes of two novelists: a Zimbabwean in 2020 and English woman in 1818.
—This author recommends—
Persuasion
—More from this author—
Interview: The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy
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