Lucy Worsley on a lifetime of loving Jane Austen

08/05/2020 29 min
Lucy Worsley on a lifetime of loving Jane Austen

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Anna Austen has always been told she must marry rich. Her future depends upon it. While her dear cousin Fanny has a little more choice, she too is under pressure to find a suitor.But how can either girl know what she wants? Is finding love even an option? The only person who seems to have answers is their Aunt Jane. She has never married. In fact, she's perfectly happy, so surely being single can't be such a bad thing?The time will come for each of the Austen girls to become the heroines of their own stories. Will they follow in Jane's footsteps?In this episode, historian Lucy Worsley chats to Erin Christie about her love of history and Jane Austen, and how she plans to pass this on to the next generation of young girls through her writing.

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