****Audio for all three are below************
As a companion to Episode 38: Jane Austen, we got together and had ourselves a proper book club meeting.
Well, mostly proper. (though nothing as exciting as a loss of continence…)
And it was more like a gathering around a microphone than a meeting, but talk of books we did! Titles for discussion: All six of Jane Austen’s published novels.
We followed the same chat format for each of the books: trivia on the road to publishing, plot, characters, our reactions, movies and/or books by other authors that are related to the novel and finally a favorite quote.
We split these novels into three minicasts in the interest of time.
Episode 1: Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice
![Pride_and_Prejudice 1907 edition](https://thehistorychicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pride_and_Prejudice-1907-edition.jpg)
Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813. She was credited only as the author of…until after her death. This later edition is from 1907
Episode 2: Mansfield Park and Emma
![emma](https://thehistorychicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/emma-anne-sharp1.jpg)
Emma was first published in 1815. This three volume, rebound first edition set was owned by a friend of Jane’s- the governess to brother Edward’s children, and sold at auction in 2008 for more than $350,000.
Episode 3: Persuasion and Northanger Abbey