Scholars

563: Janine Barchas, Mary Crawford

These Jane Austen scholars note that she long had a diverse readership, but in post-war America that changed. “Publishers pushed her to women specifically. Just like they made pink Cadillacs, they made pink Janes.” Produced with the Grolier Club.

Thing 1: a bootleg Pride and Prejudice
Thing 2: a soap-company Sense and Sensibility
Thing 3: an Austen family book-tree
Randy’s Thing: Ariel, a life of Shelley
Music: Reid Jenkins

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