About this episode
Meg Wolitzer celebrates Jane Austen’s 250th with performances of her works and inspired pieces.
Host Meg Wolitzer celebrates Jane Austen’s 250th with works by, and inspired by, the enduring romance novelist. Ann Harada performs an early Austen piece, “Edgar and Emma;” Sophie Carmen-Jones reads a letter from Austen to a mentor, James Stanier Clarke. Then things get playful in the T.C. Boyle parody “I Dated Jane Austen,” performed by Wyatt Cenac. And Hugh Dancy reads from an Austen classic, “Persuasion.”
People in this episode
Host: Meg Wolitzer
Guests: Ann Harada, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Wyatt Cenac, Hugh Dancy
Topics covered
- Jane Austen
- literature
- romance
- performances
- parody
- letters
Keywords
- Jane Austen
- Edgar and Emma
- I Dated Jane Austen
- Persuasion
- romance novelist
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Edgar and Emma, I Dated Jane Austen, Persuasion
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