About this episode

Tony A.R. Farina discusses his adaptation of Sense & Sensibility and the character focus in his book That Other Dashwood Girl.

For his eighth appearance on GCC, Tony talks about his published adaptation of Sense & Sensibility! In more detail, Mike & Tony talk about the second instalment in The Austen Chronicles; That Other Dashwood Girl. The duo talk about why Tony focused on a little-known character, how writing this differed to writing Welcome To Mansfield, his love of Jane Austen, the emotional beats of the novel, the narrator’s role, his research into England/Britain (as the book takes place there, with British characters) and more! This is a conversation for any writers, book readers and definitely one for those who love Austen (Janeites)! Find Tony @ARFarina on Instagram & Facebook or find his site here: www.arfarina.com and find his Jane Austen books Welcome To Mansfield and That Other Dashwood Girl wherever you buy books! You can hear the playlists for Tony’s novels on Spotify or his website: www.arfarina.com/music.html Tony has been on GCC numerous times, including episodes 195 (introducing his first Jane Austen novel Welcome To Mansfield), 219 (for Buffy Revisited), episode 222 for further information on Welcome To Mansfield, ep 237 with Ada (AA) McCartney to talk about voice-acting…

Keywords

• The Austen Chronicles
• British literature
• narration
• emotional beats

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