Jane Austen's Paper Trail

8 episodes · 3 with AI analysis

A series from The Conversation taking you on a journey through Jane Austen’s life and times with the help of the UK’s top Austen experts. Over six episodes, one per book, we visit a scandal-filled bun shop in Bath, go for a windswept walk along the sea shore at Lyme Regis and attend a glittering Regency ball in York to find out more about the woman behind the novels. This is Austen as you’ve never known her before.

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Jane Austen's House University College London The Conversation John Murray Publishers Crosby & Co The Open University

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Jane Austen's Writing Process and CraftNorthanger Abbey Literary AnalysisWomen Novelists in Georgian EnglandGothic Novel Genre and ParodyAnonymity and Female AuthorshipPsychological Realism in FictionNovel Form as Moral EducationFree Indirect Discourse Narrative TechniquePublishing Economics for Women WritersReader Reception and Literary Celebrity

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Dec 2, 2025

The writer

Jane Austen's Writing Process and CraftNorthanger Abbey Literary AnalysisWomen Novelists in Georgian England

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Dec 9, 2025

The happy ending

Jane Austen's Persuasion—narrative structure and emotional themesFree indirect discourse in literary analysisRegency-era women's mobility and public space

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Jan 28, 2026

Q&A: experts answer your Jane Austen questions

Jane Austen's Personal Faith and Religious BeliefsChurch Institution Critique in Austen's NovelsFemale Economic Dependence in Regency Society

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