In this debut episode we look at the history of novels and why we still read Jane Austen. 

References:

Le Faye, D. (2014). Jane Austen’s Letters (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. Letter 12, 17 November 1798 and letter 14, 18 December 1798

Austen-Leigh, J. E. (2008). A Memoir of Jane Austen - & Other Family Recollections ([Paperback (2002)] ed.). Ox.

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“The Novels of Jane Austen” (1859) George Henry Lewes