麻豆社

Fay Weldon replies to her teenage niece, a young literature student, who complains she finds Jane Austen 'boring, petty and irrelevant'.

Aunt Fay makes a strong and witty case for the enduring value of the classics of English literature.

Written and read by Fay Weldon.

Omnibus of four parts abridged by Shelley Bovey.

Producer: Alec Reid

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in October 1991.