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On this episode of Pouring Over Books, LaShawn  shares her obsession with Jane Austen retellings, exploring various modern adaptations of classics like Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, and Emma. She discusses her favorite books, themes, and the importance of reading classics to understand modern literature. Plus what she is currently reading. 

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass

This Motherless Land by Nikki May

Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki Payne

Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge

Emma: A nModern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith

Polite Society by Mahesh Rao

Currently

Eadem Lipgloss in Fig

In her own league by Liz tomfode.

Half City By Kate Golden 

 If not for my baby also by Kate Golden

Also, all books are available on Bookshop.org 

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