303 The Search for Darcy - Jane Austen, Tom Lefroy, and the World of Pride and Prejudice

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In our last episode, we examined the evidence of Jane Austen's 1995-96 dalliance with her "Irish friend," the gentlemanlike (but impoverished) young law student Tom Lefroy. Intriguingly, she began writing Pride and Prejudice, her classic novel of romance, love, and mixed messages, later that year. Might Tom have been the inspiration for the beloved Mr. Darcy? And might Jane herself have been the model for the even more beloved Elizabeth Bennet? Jacke takes a look at the possible connections, reads several passages from the novel itself, and offers some thoughts on the attempts to find a Darcy-Lizzy relationship somewhere in the real-life example of Tom and Jane. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:10.0	Hello, I'm Jack Wilson.
0:14.0	Welcome to episode 303 of The History of Literature. Oh. Okay, hello everyone. Welcome to the podcast. I'm Jack Wilson. I'm going to
0:39.2	tell you straight off the bat right away
0:43.0	that what we have today is not interesting.
0:46.5	How's that for a sales pitch?
0:48.8	Go home buyer.
0:50.0	These cars are no good. Actually I did have a salesman like that once
0:55.0	who sent us home after he told us,
0:58.0	yeah, we're getting a lot of complaints about these.
1:01.0	We did our test drive.
1:02.0	He was riding along with us. He said yeah. We're getting a lot of complaints about these
1:06.3	Thank you very much my good man and now goodbye
1:09.8	Wait where are you going? Was it something I said?
1:14.0	Indeed it was. I am not that bad of a salesman.
1:18.0	I'm bad, but not that bad. So I'll tell you what we have today
1:21.0	starts out as not interesting the first topic I
1:24.4	meant to explore was not all that interesting and then there's a piece that's a
1:29.4	different angle that seems interesting but turns out to be not that interesting as well.
1:35.0	And then there's a piece that's very interesting, at least in my opinion.
1:38.9	So we'll skip over the uninteresting ideas quickly and land on the interesting idea and
1:45.0	spend our time with that and we'll be reading some excerpts of pride and
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