This is an in-between ‘extras’ episode. Our episodes are normally not more than an hour in length, which means that we usually have to cut a certain amount of material in the editing. But for Episode 3, we had much more material than usual. So we kept the episode down to an hour, but decided to release an ‘extras’ episode, with some of the bits we edited out.
It’s a bit disjointed, but we hope you enjoy it.
Things we mention:
Character discussion:
- Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern, Talking of Jane Austen (1943) and More Talk of Jane Austen (1950)
Historical discussion:
- The Aubrey & Maturin novels of Patrick O’Brien
- Admiral Thomas Cochrane (1775-1860)
Popular culture discussion:
- BBC Film, Persuasion (1995) – starring Amanda Root and CBBC Film, Persuasion (1995) – starring Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds
- Watch on YouTube
- Louisa’s first jump from the stairs on the Cobb
- Louisa’s fall (this YouTube video shows the same scene from four different adaptations of Persuasion)
- The Bounty (1984)
Creative commons music used:
- Extract from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 12 in F Major, ii. Adagio.
- Extract from Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 38. Performance by Ivan Ilić, recorded in Manchester in December, 2006. File originally from IMSLP.
- Extract from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, iii. Allegretto Grazioso. File originally from Musopen.
- Extract from George Frideric Handel, Suite I, No. 2 in F Major, ii. Allegro. File originally from Musopen.
- Extract from Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major. File originally from Musopen.
I really enjoy your podcast, and am so glad you posted this extra content!
Mrs. Croft is 38 years old–in Chapter 6 she is described as having “altogether an agreeable face; though her reddened and weather-beaten complexion, the consequence of her having been almost as much at sea as her husband, made her seem to have lived some years longer in the world than her real eight and thirty.”
I’m glad you enjoyed the extra bits.
Thank you for pointing out Mrs Croft’s age, which we had completely forgotten from the earlier chapter!
Hi! Thank you for your lovely podcast. It was recommended to me a few months ago, and I’ve been happily binging all your episodes since then. I’ve caught up to the present now and I’m thrilled that you’re now covering my favorite Jane Austen novel.
I wanted to ask whether you had a comprehensive list of your “continued reading.” I wish I had kept a list while listening to your archives, but I did not! Are there specific biographies, books on Jane Austen’s life or works, or even just historical books about life in regency England that you really enjoyed? I’d also be interested in any fiction you find similar.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the podcast.
For every episode we do include a list of all the books, etc, we refer to, but I’m afraid there isn’t a master list.
Let me think about this a bit more, and I’ll come back with a few favourites.
Hi Ellena
Just following on from this …
Ellen’s two favourite biographies of Jane Austen are the one by Claire Tomalin, and also an older book (from 1969) by Marghanita Laski called ‘Jane Austen and her World’.
We like John Mullan’s book ‘What Matters in Jane Austen’ (some chapters more than others!), and the two ‘Talking of Jane Austen’ books by Sheila Kaye Smith and G.B. Stern (again, some chapters more than others … also we first read these so long ago, and know them so well, that it’s hard to say for sure how well they hold up to modern reading).