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Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius Series 1
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At 17, Jane Austen is growing up in a small English village. She starts to write stories, culminating in Pride and Prejudice.

At 17, Jane Austen is living in the village of Steventon, Hampshire, surrounded by a large family. Her father, George, a clergyman on a modest income, has a library of over 500 books - a treasure trove for a budding writer. Immersed in the classics, history and the emerging genre of the novel, Austen begins to tell her own stories.

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Narrator Juliet Stevenson
Executive Producer Rob Coldstream
Executive Producer David Glover
Series Editor Rosie Schellenberg
Director Ali Naushahi
Producer Alexander Parsonage
Producer Emily Thompson
Producer Alice Boorman
Editor Chris Dale
Production Manager Emma Taylor
Production Company 72 Films

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