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Aga saga The Aga saga is a subgenre of the family saga of literature. The genre is named for the AGA cooker, a type of stored-heat oven that came to be popular in medium to large country houses in the UK after its introduction in 1929. It refers primarily to fictional family sagas dealing with British "middle-class country or village life".〔(Aga Saga ), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. Hosted at enotes.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-29.〕 The nickname "Aga saga" is sometimes used condescendingly about this type of fiction.〔Kington, Miles. (February 20, 2007) (A sorry saga of disparaging literary labelling ) ''The Independent'' (London). Retrieved on 2008-05-29.〕 The term was incorporated into the ''Oxford Companion to English Literature'' in 2000.〔Ezard, John. (September 21, 2000.) (Kathy Acker replaces Walter Scott in reference work ) ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.〕 ==Characteristics== While the label has been applied to settings within other genres,〔Wilbourne, David. (April 5, 2007) (Reading Groups: Wondering at a rich murder mystery ) ''Church Times'' Issue 7517. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.〕 it is typically interpreted to refer to "a tale of illicit rumpy-pumpy in the countryside" according to a 2007 article in ''The Observer''.〔Stewart, Heather. (August 5, 2007) (Aga creditors put on the slow burner ) ''The Observer'', hosted at www.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.〕 In setting, according to an earlier article in that paper, it offers a "gingham-checked world" associated with "thatched English villages" and "ladies in floral dresses".〔O'Kelly, Lisa. (February 9, 2003) (Grace under fire: Grief, loss, but no Aga for Marika Cobbold's heroine in Shooting Butterflies ) ''The Observer'' hosted at www.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.〕 ''Guardian'' book critic Laura Wilson described an Aga saga setting as "complete with sprawling, untidy farmhouse (flagstones, dogs, Wellington boots, and much nursing of mugs of coffee)".〔Wilson, Laura. (June 10, 2006) (New beginnings ) ''The Guardian'' Retrieved on 2008-05-29.〕
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