Petina Gappah on 'Persuasion'

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English - April 10, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 4.64 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratings
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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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