
Poetry demiurge
T. S. Eliot has already asked the
question. The fictional fruit that I'm contemplating is yet another Austen-related novel. Jane Austen's writing is so delectable that no one wants to read just six; since no new Austen books are forthcoming, writers can't resist
playing around in Austen's world. Syrie James, a screenwriter and an Austen fan, has written a book,
The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, in which Jane's own story is fictionalized (rather like that enjoyable but elaborately embroidered movie,
Becoming Jane). Shall I read The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen? It is hard to stay away from Austen-ish (I can coin a new word if I wish to, so there) tales. I just might have to have a look.