Ep 31: Part 2 of What Matters in Jane Austen - Book Review
First Impressions: Why All the Austen Haters Are Wrong
English - August 19, 2018 23:57 - 1 hour - 74 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBooks Arts Leisure Hobbies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Ep 30: Book Discussion: What Matters in Jane Austen by John Mullan
Next Episode: Ep 32: Movie Review: Mansfield Park 2007 (Billie Piper)
We're back with our second (and final) episode on John Mullan's book, What Matters in Jane Austen: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved! This time, Maggie and Kristin tackle the subjects "Did Sisters Sleep Together?" and "What Games Did the Characters Play?" Get ready from some surprising insights that stem from these basic questions, as we plumb the depths of sisterly relationships in Austen's work, and revisit one of the famous set pieces in Mansfield Park: the game of Speculation.