EPISODE · May 31, 2026 · 55 MIN
Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner & Sharmini Kumar
from Jane Austen Remixed · host Melinda
What if Caroline Bingley was the main character and we learn what happens to her after Pride & Prejudice? What if she ends up embroiled in a murder case alongside Georgiana Darcy in London? What if she discovers she is pretty good at solving crimes?Melinda and Stefanie discuss murder mysteries, characters changing for sequels and flying wombs in Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar.Links & MentionsYou can read more about the East India Company at Britannica.com. This Guardian article from 2015 also explains the company's unpleasant history.And if you want to learn more about the White Saviour trope as it appears in literature and film, you can do so here.You can also read more about Devoney Looser's book Wild for Austen and where to buy it here.If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed and you can contact us via [email protected]. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
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What if Caroline Bingley was the main character and we learn what happens to her after Pride & Prejudice? What if she ends up embroiled in a murder case alongside Georgiana Darcy in London? What if she discovers she is pretty good at solving crimes? Melinda and Stefanie discuss murder mysteries, characters changing for sequels and flying wombs in Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar. Links & Mentions You can read more about the East India Company at Britannica.com [https://www.britannica.com/topic/East-India-Company]. This Guardian article from 2015 also explains the company's unpleasant history [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/04/east-india-company-original-corporate-raiders]. And if you want to learn more about the White Saviour trope as it appears in literature and film, you can do so here. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior] You can also read more about Devoney Looser's book Wild for Austen [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250361332/wildforausten/] and where to buy it here. If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words. As always you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed [https://www.instagram.com/janeaustenremixed]and you can contact us via [email protected]. Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be reading The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi. If you're reading along, we encourage you to buy secondhand or support your local independent bookshop, where possible.
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