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Still Turning Heads at 250: Jane Austen’s Enduring Charm
The Bookshelf
54 minutes 30 seconds
1 month ago
Still Turning Heads at 250: Jane Austen’s Enduring Charm
In the year of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, this lively and thought-provoking discussion explores her life, legacy, and literary brilliance — her novels are charming, sure, but also radical, political, witty, and entertaining.
Presented in partnership with the State Library of NSW, this event brings together Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh with Scott Stephens from Radio National's The Minefield, and Sophie Gee, English Professor at Princeton, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow in the humanities at the University of Sydney, and co-host of the Secret Life of Books podcast, for a conversation that delves into Austen’s sharp observations on friendship, ambition, money, love, power, and equality.
CREDITS
Presenter: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh, Scott Stephens, Sophie Gee
Producer: Kate Evans, Amanda Roberts
Sound engineer: John Jacobs
Executive producer: Muditha Dias
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