Bonnets At Dawn

Bonnets At Dawn

Austen vs. Brontë is a literary thunderdome! Listen each week as Lauren and Hannah compare and contrast the lives, work and fandoms of the Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters.

  1. 03/01/2023

    Best Reads of 2022, pt2: Jane Austen and the Porter Sisters w/Devoney Looser and Nikki Payne

    This week, we’re talking about forgotten novelists, scandalous carriage rides, and Jane Austen with two of our favorite authors. First up, Devoney Looser tells us more about Jane and Maria Porter, the subjects of her nonfiction book Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Sisters, Who Paved The Way for Austen and the Brontës. And later, we are joined by Nikki Payne, who discusses her modern Austen retelling Pride and Protest.

  2. 27/12/2022

    Best Reads of 2022, pt1: Louisa & Emily, Romance Reads, and Old Iron Press

    In this action-packed episode, we discuss our favorite reads of 2022, YOUR favorite reads of 2022, and interview some very special literary guests. First up - authors Lorraine Tosiello and Jane Cavolina discuss their book, "The Bee and the Fly: The Improbable Correspondence of Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson". Roseann Backlin from Love’s Sweet Arrow recommends some romance novels we should pick up in 2023, and Eliza Tudor from Old Iron Press talks about retooled classics and the books she loved reading this year.

  3. 05/12/2022

    S6, E12: George Eliot and Silas Marner, pt 4

    This week, we’ve come to the end of our Silas Marner read-along! Voice actress Katie Mosley joins us one last time as we recap chapters 17-22 and discuss all of the Silas Marner adaptations, including Steve Martin’s A Simple Twist of Fate.

  4. 27/11/2022

    S6, E11: George Eliot and Silas Marner, pt 3

    We’re still banging on about George Eliot and Silas Marner! This week, we recap chapters 13 -16, talk nature and Wordsworth, and are rejoined by voice actress Katie Mosley as the voice of George Eliot.

  5. 20/11/2022

    S6, E10: George Eliot, her entanglements, and Silas Marner, pt 2

    This week, we continue our discussion on George Eliot, her entanglements, and Silas Marner. The book is getting very Eastenders as we recap chapters 5-12 and are rejoined by voice actress Katie Mosley as the voice of George Eliot to highlight our favorite quotes from the book.

  6. 12/11/2022

    S6, E9: George Eliot, her entanglements, and Silas Marner, pt 1

    For the next few weeks, we’ll be discussing George Eliot, her entanglements, and reading Silas Marner through a fairytale lens. This week, we recap chapters 1-4, and are rejoined by voice actress Katie Mosley as the voice of George Eliot to highlight our favorite passages of the book.

  7. 04/11/2022

    B@D Mixtape #3: Sense of Place

    This week we’ve specially selected pieces with a strong sense of place by Zitkala Sa, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Emily Lawless, and George Eliot for another B@D Mixtape. Come with us as we explore an English country garden, the Yankton Reservation, a bustling alleyway in New Orleans, and a quiet London drawing room. Special thanks to Sassy, Katie, Desiree, and _HAP_ from Freesound.org

  8. 28/10/2022

    B@D MIxtape #2: A Haunted House?

    This week, we’ve curated a selection of haunting short stories and poems by Virginia Woolf, Amy Levy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Dickinson, for another B@D Mixtape - part podcast, part audiobook.

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Austen vs. Brontë is a literary thunderdome! Listen each week as Lauren and Hannah compare and contrast the lives, work and fandoms of the Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters.

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  • Creator
    Bonnets At Dawn
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2023
  • Episodes
    168
  • Rating
    Clean
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