Podcast Episodes

Episode 12: The Thing About Mary Crawford's Harp with guest Dr. Lidia Chang

Season 1

Mary Crawford is playing the harp over at the Mansfield Parsonage, and we've got front row seats to the hottest performance in town. If you have ever…

5 years ago

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Episode 11: The Thing About Steventon Rectory

Season 1

Although it no longer exists, Steventon Rectory was the birthplace of Jane Austen and where she lived for the first 25 years of her life. This week w…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Episode 10: The Thing About Box Hill

Season 1

This episode we're all about Emma as we head out to Box Hill to take in the view. There's nothing like sublime landscape and awkward social tension t…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Episode 9: The Thing About the Rushworths' Divorce with guest Dr. Ellen Campbell

Season 1

Sex! Scandal! This week we're headed to Mansfield Park where a matrimonial fracas is brewing. Actually, it happened in Twickenham, and it's already f…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Episode 8: The Thing About Sir Walter's Favorite Book

Season 1

We're deep in the nerdery weeds this week as we unpack the beginning of Persuasion and discuss Sir Walter's obsession with status and prestige and ho…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 7: The Thing About Spinsters

Season 1

While the word "spinster" never comes up in Austen's novels, the role of spinster or "old maid" is a frequent occurrence. This episode we're having a…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 6: The Thing About Darcy's Pen

Season 1

This week we come to you live from Caroline Bingley's Pen Mending Emporium, where all your pens will be mended with utmost care and attention to deta…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 5: The Thing About General Tilney's Pamphlets

Season 1

This week we're all about the mysterious (or are they stupid?) pamphlets that General Tilney reads late at night. We talk about the political tumult …

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 4: The Thing About Marianne's Dead Leaves

Season 1

This episode we're all about the connection between Romanticism and Marianne's passion for dead leaves. We also discuss the ways in which the recent …

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 3: The Thing About Regency Scrabble

Season 1

We could have just as easily called this episode The Thing About Frank's Blunder, as that is the moment in question. On this episode we provide some …

5 years, 3 months ago

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