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Characters under the writer’s microscope

What do the settings of a medieval pilgrimage, a Regency romance and a classic murder mystery have in common? All allow for a group of characters in close proximity to be put under the writer’s microscope. Nicola Onyett explores how this classic trope plays out in works by Chaucer, Jane Austen and Agatha Christie

The wedding of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice

AQA (B): Paper 1B Aspect of comedy (‘The Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ and Emma)

AQA (B): Paper 2A Elements of crime writing (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd)

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