Austen Citing Index

Jane Austen Society of Australia

Austen citing: Black Books (TV series)

The ABC series Black Books is set in a book shop in England. 

In the April 11 (Sydney) episode, for some reason the staff had agreed to teach a very big thuggish-looking criminal to read. The closing scene has him finally sitting down at a desk and slowly reading ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged ...’

Harriet Veitch

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10 June 2002

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