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Anne Fertig: You've heard of
Jane Austen. She's in our movie
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00:00:06,060 --> 00:00:09,150
theaters, our high school
classrooms, even on the British
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00:00:09,150 --> 00:00:14,250
pound, she's inspired more than
400 novel adaptations and
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00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:18,450
probably more than a few of your
favorite movies and series. You
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00:00:18,450 --> 00:00:22,230
might even consider yourself a
big fan of Jane Austen. But do
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00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:26,670
you know who Jane Austen was?
Like, really, who was she as a
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00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:31,590
person? The thing is, Austen is
everywhere, but we know very
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00:00:31,590 --> 00:00:35,070
little about her. She died
before her books became famous,
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00:00:35,250 --> 00:00:39,060
and only a fraction of her
letters survive. So in this
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00:00:39,060 --> 00:00:43,140
podcast, we're finding Jane
Austen. We're solving the
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00:00:43,140 --> 00:00:46,080
mystery of one of the most
important writers in the English
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00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,370
language through the clues she
left behind along the way. We'll
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00:00:50,370 --> 00:00:53,220
speak to some of the top Austen
scholars in the world.
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00:00:53,580 --> 00:00:56,850
Lizzie Dunford: So it meant
marriage for Austen, who does
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seem quite independent, but it
meant a lot of sacrifices, and
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it's really interesting that
when she did have the choice,
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she then changed her mind. So
she had the choice, and she had
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the chance to be the lady of the
manor, and she chose not to.
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Misty Krueger: Austen was
obsessed with criminals as a
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teenager. For people who haven't
read Austen's teenage writings,
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I will tell you that she's got
murders.
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Janine Barchas: Well, she might
have been a polite young lady,
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and I'm sure she was very well
behaved at parties, but she was
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no Victorian prig.
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Anne Fertig: So whether you love
Jane Austen or if you haven't
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read her since high school, we
invite you to join us in finding
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00:01:49,510 --> 00:01:54,970
Jane Austen. Finding Jane Austen
releases early 2025 but you can
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00:01:54,970 --> 00:01:58,180
subscribe now on your favorite
podcast app, including Spotify,
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00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,990
Apple, and YouTube. Finding Jane
Austen is researched and written
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00:02:01,990 --> 00:02:06,250
by me, Dr. Anne Fertig and is a
production of R2 Studios, part
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00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:09,010
of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History New Media at George
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00:02:09,010 --> 00:02:13,090
Mason University. Go to
r2studios.org. to learn more.
00:00:02,490 --> 00:00:06,060
Anne Fertig: You've heard of
Jane Austen. She's in our movie
2
00:00:06,060 --> 00:00:09,150
theaters, our high school
classrooms, even on the British
3
00:00:09,150 --> 00:00:14,250
pound, she's inspired more than
400 novel adaptations and
4
00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:18,450
probably more than a few of your
favorite movies and series. You
5
00:00:18,450 --> 00:00:22,230
might even consider yourself a
big fan of Jane Austen. But do
6
00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:26,670
you know who Jane Austen was?
Like, really, who was she as a
7
00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:31,590
person? The thing is, Austen is
everywhere, but we know very
8
00:00:31,590 --> 00:00:35,070
little about her. She died
before her books became famous,
9
00:00:35,250 --> 00:00:39,060
and only a fraction of her
letters survive. So in this
10
00:00:39,060 --> 00:00:43,140
podcast, we're finding Jane
Austen. We're solving the
11
00:00:43,140 --> 00:00:46,080
mystery of one of the most
important writers in the English
12
00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,370
language through the clues she
left behind along the way. We'll
13
00:00:50,370 --> 00:00:53,220
speak to some of the top Austen
scholars in the world.
14
00:00:53,580 --> 00:00:56,850
Lizzie Dunford: So it meant
marriage for Austen, who does
15
00:00:56,850 --> 00:01:00,540
seem quite independent, but it
meant a lot of sacrifices, and
16
00:01:00,540 --> 00:01:03,210
it's really interesting that
when she did have the choice,
17
00:01:03,270 --> 00:01:06,270
she then changed her mind. So
she had the choice, and she had
18
00:01:06,270 --> 00:01:09,420
the chance to be the lady of the
manor, and she chose not to.
19
00:01:09,930 --> 00:01:12,420
Misty Krueger: Austen was
obsessed with criminals as a
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00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:16,170
teenager. For people who haven't
read Austen's teenage writings,
21
00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:18,660
I will tell you that she's got
murders.
22
00:01:19,140 --> 00:01:21,420
Janine Barchas: Well, she might
have been a polite young lady,
23
00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:24,570
and I'm sure she was very well
behaved at parties, but she was
24
00:01:24,570 --> 00:01:25,950
no Victorian prig.
25
00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:46,000
Anne Fertig: So whether you love
Jane Austen or if you haven't
26
00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,480
read her since high school, we
invite you to join us in finding
27
00:01:49,510 --> 00:01:54,970
Jane Austen. Finding Jane Austen
releases early 2025 but you can
28
00:01:54,970 --> 00:01:58,180
subscribe now on your favorite
podcast app, including Spotify,
29
00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,990
Apple, and YouTube. Finding Jane
Austen is researched and written
30
00:02:01,990 --> 00:02:06,250
by me, Dr. Anne Fertig and is a
production of R2 Studios, part
31
00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:09,010
of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History New Media at George
32
00:02:09,010 --> 00:02:13,090
Mason University. Go to
r2studios.org. to learn more.
