The Addicted Austenite
Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourite authors and I love the Georgian Period in British History, so I've decided to share my passion with you all and talk to you about different subjects surrounding Jane Austen. The episodes will be weekly (hopefully, I have a health issue so it might not always be exact) and they will break down into a few different categories:A History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian. (General Georgian\Regency history)A. Lady (Jane's Life)There is No Enjoyment Like Reading (Jane's Novels)News Flash (Jane in the news and popular discussions)The Reel Jane Austen (Jane's books on film)This podcast is just a bit of fun to give me a nice project to work on, so I hope you enjoy it. Your faithful servant, The Author
Episodes
102 episodes
Goodbye and Good Riddance Smallpox!
The next major historical event on our Addicted Austenite list is Edward Jenner and his Smallpox vaccine.
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16:08
A Vindication on the Importance of Mary Wollstonecraft
This episode explores the historical importance of Mary Wollstonecraft's writing and publishing A Vindication on the Rights of Woman and the parallels we can see in Jane Austen's own writing.
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27:42
Oh, Just One More Revolution
This long-overdue episode is about the industrial revolution of the late 17- early 1800s and where we see it in Jane's novels.
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17:45
Une Autre Révolution
This episode looks at the French Revolution and how it affected Jane's family.
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21:36
An Australian Adventure
Diving further into the historical context of Jane's novels, this episode looks at the Australian Penal Colony set up in 1788.
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25:42
Around the World With Captain Cook
Continuing important historical events in Jane's life, this episode looks at the voyages of Captain Cook and the 'mysterious' way he died.
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21:34
The American Revolutionary War of Independence (Or Whatever You Want to Call It)
Starting off our run of important historical events during Jane's lifetime this episode looks at the American Revolution and War of Independence, the latter of which started the year Jane was born. Here is the link to the myths article...
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20:26
I Let My Fingers Do The Talking
This episode looks at whether or not Jane Austen knew some sign language, and what kind of sign language it might have been.
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14:16
Is Mansfield Park an Abolitionist Novel?
This episode looks at the discussion of slavery in Mansfield Park and how much we're able to glean from it about Jane's own feelings about slavery and race issues.
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19:54
People of Colour in British History
This episode looks at how POC are remembered in British history, or more accurately, why they haven't been. This does cover the topic of slavery.
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22:10
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
This episode is a look at the Hallmark Christmas film Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe.
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11:33
Do We Know It's Christmastime?
This episode looks at all of the mentions of Christmas in Jane Austen's writing and the patterns that we can see.
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19:20
Sanditon Episode 8: They Think It's All Over
We've finally come to the end of this ITV series based on Jane Austen's Sanditon. How does it fare as an Austen Adaptation?
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16:03
Sanditon Episode 7: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
This is a review of episode seven of ITV's Sanditon. Things are falling apart for Edward Denham and three's company at the Regatta.
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22:09
Sanditon Episode 6: London Calling
In this episode Charlotte goes to London, Sidney gets redeemed, and things get a bit (a lot) steamy with the Denhams.
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20:47
Sanditon Episode 5: Howzat!!
This episode talks about the 5th instalment of Sanditon, particularly that cricket match.
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22:34
Sanditon Episode 4: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
This is a review of the fourth episode of the ITV series Sanditon where we talk satisfying mid-point changes.
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14:27
Sanditon Episode 3: It's Show(er) Time
A review of the third episode of ITV's Sanditon after I've just watched it.
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21:26
Sanditon Episode 2: The Tale of a Georgian Pineapple
This episode explores the second episode of ITV's Sanditon drama.
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15:58
Sanditon Episode 1: The Saga Begins
This is the first episode of our look at Sanditon where I review the first episode of the new ITV series.
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19:30
It's Austen, My Dear Watsons
This episode looks at the unfinished Jane Austen novel, the Watsons, and at the various attempts that there have been to finish it over the years.
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19:27
Persuasion 1995 Review
This episode is a review of the 1995 film version of Persuasion from the BBC, and about why I love it so much.
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