EPISODE · Apr 17, 2021 · 54 MIN
Season 2 Episode 5 Jane Austen and Childhood
from What Would Jane Do? · host Julia Golding
Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions.In this episode Julia Golding and Zoe Wheddon look at Jane Austen and childhood. We investigate how her era invented our modern idea of childhood as a time of innocence. But how was she raised? Did new ideas of Rousseau and natural education make it to the parsonage at Steventon? There were many children in her adult life and she was a much loved aunt to her brothers' children. What games and stories did she play with them? We then go on to look at her novels - there are more children than we first thought! Find out which ones play the most important parts.Stay listening to find out our Darcy and Mr Collins of the week and all the Jane Austen news!Books mentioned in this episode are:Julia Golding, illustrated by Kate Hindley, The Queen's WardrobeJulia Golding, Jane Austen Investigates: The Abbey MysteryJacobsen, Devynn and Dayton, Jane Austen Was HereTo links take you to Blackwells bookshop which does free shipping to the US - support the independents!
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Thanks for listening. Do text us with topic ideas or reactions. In this episode Julia Golding and Zoe Wheddon look at Jane Austen and childhood. We investigate how her era invented our modern idea of childhood as a time of innocence. But how was she raised? Did new ideas of Rousseau and natural education make it to the parsonage at Steventon? There were many children in her adult life and she was a much loved aunt to her brothers' children. What games and stories did she play with them? We th...
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