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Original language groups authors by the language they actually wrote in. Wikipedia identifies Jane Austen as "an English writer," and her six novels were all composed in English rather than translated into it. This dimension lets a visitor find every author who wrote in the same original language.

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Era of Emergence
1000 1
Primary Language or Tradition
French 1
Original Language
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1. French Literature (Wikipedia)
WikipediaFrench literature, lead section
Quote, French literature, lead section
Beginning in the 11th century, literature written in medieval French was one of the oldest vernacular (non-Latin) literatures in western Europe
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