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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 12 sec.) ; 165125028 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*Jennifer Byrne Presents is a series of individual treats for lovers of books and writing. It features interviews with leading authors and investigations into the popularity of fiction genres like crime, sex, romance and fantasy. Tonight Jennifer and guests explore the passionate world of sex and romance, a journey through some of the most cherished and most reviled books in history.Romance novels are very big business. Despite a fair bit of snootery about who actually reads them, surveys suggest they represent half of all paperback fiction sales in the United States ... and internationally, they move off the shelves at the rate of four books per second ... while the perennials like Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre are always to be found at the top of readers' favourites.Books about sex, perhaps the other side of the same coin, have delighted and outraged readers since Fanny Hill's activities caused its author to be arrested for 'corrupting the King's subjects'. Tonight Jennifer speaks with Australian authors, Christos Tsiolkas, Anne Gracie, Luke Davies and Sophie Gee.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Executive Producer: Sophia Zachariou |
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Broadcast 2011-10-12 at 01:35:00 |
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Classification: MA |
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Emotions in literature.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Love stories.
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Sexual ethics.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Davies, Luke, contributor
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Gee, Sophie, contributor
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Gracie, Anne, contributor
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Jennifer, Byrne, host
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Tsiolkas, Christos, contributor
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