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Late Novelist PD James Discusses Jane Austen (File)

The acclaimed British crime novelist PD James died on November 27, aged 94. James sold millions of books worldwide, many featuring the character Detective Adam Dalgliesh. Some of her books were adapted for television and film, including Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón in 2006; and The Murder Room, adapted into a BBC mini-series in 2004.

James’s publisher, Faber & Faber, said that James died at her home in Oxford. This video, produced by the publishing house, shows James discussing Jane Austen and Death Comes to Pemberley, her spin-off of the Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. Credit: YouTube/Faber & Faber