Well gee, we could have told you that
The Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader has an article about a local couple who has their own private book club. The wife is definitely a Friend of Jane:
When JoAnn rhapsodizes about her lifelong fascination with the work of Jane Austen, Austen sounds as if she’s not only alive but living in a farmhouse just down the road — a wicked, gossipy neighbor with a caustic sense of humor, not a dusty relic from a college reading list.
That’s no surprise to any Janeite worth her Chapman editions.












