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200 years after her death, why are people still so obsessed with Jane Austen?

Deborah Yaffee will join us to talk about her book,

Among the Janeites, a journey through the world of Jane Austen fandom.

I think the thing that's special about Jane Austen for me is that I found this community of people

around Jane Austen. What makes Scandinavia seem so appealing?

Robert Ferguson will join us from Oslo to discuss his new book,

Scandinavians, in search of the soul of the North.

During and even in the very earliest stages of the Viking era,

they were very clear of the fact that they were downed, sweet and Norwegian.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the literary world,

plus we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is Inside the New York Times Booker View. I'm Pamela Paul.

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Deborah Yaffee joins us now. Her book is called Among the Janeites,

a journey through the world of Jane Austen fandom.

And it's part of an essay review of several books on Jane Austen that Jane Smiley writes.

This week for the New York Times Book Reviews, Jane Austen issue.

Deborah, thank you for being here.

Thank you so much for inviting me.

So you wrote this book four years ago. It's still in print,

and there is renewed interest, of course, because we are coming up on

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