What Is An Aga Saga?
Have you every wondered what people mean when they talk about the literary genre called an Aga Saga? Read this post for a definition.
What Is An Aga Saga?
Aga Saga
noun /ˈɑː.gəˌsɑː.gə/
Definition: A literary sub-genre, referring to fictional family sagas set in British middle-class country or village life. They are likely to fall under the genres of family sagas.
Origin: The name comes from the AGA cooker, a type of oven in country houses in the UK. Novelist, Terence Blacker first used the word to describe Joanna Trollope’s novels.
Popular Aga Saga Authors include: Joanna Trollope, Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher, Catherine Alliott, Mary Wesley
Examples Of Aga Sagas: Joanna Trollope‘s novels like A Village Affair and The Rector’s Wife, Rosamunde Pilcher‘s The Shell Seekers, Mary Wesley‘s Not That Sort of Girl, Maeve Binchy‘s Heart and Soul, and Anne Tyler‘s A Spool of Blue Thread.
An Aga stove looks like this.
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