Listen "03 | Dear Jane — Persuasion, the original second chance romance"
Episode Synopsis
Jane Austen's novel Persuasion was the last she completed before her death and it is considered a more mature, sombre romance, and in Dear Jane, we ask what makes it so special?Persuasion follows the ever dependable Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth's rekindled romance after an eight year hiatus when it was deemed unsuitable. Australian comedian Alice Fraser describes it as the original second-chance romance and explains why it's different from Austen's other romances. Alice is the author of A Passion for Passion: A Delirious Love Letter to Romance.
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