The Amateur Austenite Frances Duncan

Emma is joining me on the odd chapters. In this episode we discuss heroines, Mary Su characters, we discover a mistake in an end note and do a brief run down of the history of the publication of Northanger Abbey.


Want to join the next book club? The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand will be discussing Emma July-October 2024

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Amme joins me to discuss:
- Why you shouldn’t name your child after a virtue
- Fae bargains
- The rules for taking someone to a mosh pit for the first time
- What accessory Catherine is
- The real "truth universally acknowledged"


Want to join the next book club? The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand will be discussing Emma July-October 2024

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Amme and I discuss:
- The pump room
- True friendship
- The Thorpes
- Is Catherine gay?

Amme mentions Daniel Fox on Instagram (his hell videos are worth a watch too)


Want to join the next book club? The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand will be discussing Emma July-October 2024

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You can find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website

Emma and I discuss the duties of friendship, Austen's defence of novels, and whether conflict is necessary

We mention a lot of books:
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Child that Books Built by Francis Spufford
The Beach Trap by Ali Brady
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The History of England by Jane Austen (from the Juvenilia)
Fredrick and Elfrida by Jane Austen (from the Juvenilia)


Want to join the next book club? The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand will be discussing Emma July-October 2024

If you'd like to support the podcast and hear episodes early you can donate on Ko-fi
You can find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website

In this episode we discuss:
-How to pronounce Udolpho
-Jane Austen’s impact on random books still existing 200 years later
Amme praises the letter format and defines “pick me girls”

Amme mentions:
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn


Want to join the next book club? The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand will be discussing Emma July-October 2024

If you'd like to support the podcast and hear episodes early you can donate on Ko-fi
You can find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website

Emma and I discuss how John Thorpe is the worst and Jane Austen's love of tall men.


Want to join the next book club? The Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand will be discussing Emma July-October 2024

If you'd like to support the podcast and hear episodes early you can donate on Ko-fi
You can find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website