Reading Jane Austen

by Harriet and Ellen

Ellen and Harriet are a mother and daughter who have been talking about Jane Austen together since Harriet was first old enough to read her. In this podcast, we will be doing a close reading of the books.In each episode, we will look at a few chapters. As well as talking about anything that strikes us in the chapters, we will also pick a favourite sentence, have a discussion about one of the characters, and then Ellen will give a social historian perspective about some element of the nineteenth century that seems pertinent, and Harriet will talk about the chapters in pop culture adaptations of the book.

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You probably noticed that in the last few episodes of our Persuasion season, Ellen had reduced her role in the podcast. This was because her health ha...

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•Sep 5, 2026

S05E11 Persuasion, Chapters 23 to 24

In our final episode on Persuasion, we talk about how much more satisfactory this is than the original ending, the purpose of the discussion between M...

59m

•May 3, 2026

S05E10 Persuasion, Chapter 22

In this episode we look at the published version of Chapter 22. We talk about how proactive Anne is in these final chapters, the arrival of Charles, M...

56m

•Jan 19, 2026

S05E09 Persuasion, Chapter 21 and the cancelled Chapter 22

In this much-delayed episode (recorded months ago, but stuck in editing limbo), we look at Chapter 21, and the original version of Chapter 22, which J...

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•Dec 26, 2025

S05E08 Persuasion, Chapters 19 to 20

In this episode, we talk about private communications in public spaces, Wentworth’s possible feelings in the encounter at Mollands and in the Assembly...

56m

•Oct 7, 2025

S05E07 Persuasion, Chapters 16 to 18

In this episode, we talk about the upward and downward social interactions taking place, what the implications are behind the Dalrymples being Irish a...

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•Aug 25, 2025