Hello, everyone.

I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review, and this is the book review podcast.

As we do, every month, we have a book club episode, and for this month's book review book club,

we're talking about

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. We chose this book because this year, 2025, is the

250th anniversary of Austin's birth. And to celebrate that occasion, we decided to dive into

one of her classics, Pride and Prejudice.

It's an obvious pick.

It's one of the most beloved books in the English literary canon.

If you need proof, you should look at the passion in the common section of our announcement

article for this book club.

For this episode, we're going to do things slightly differently than how we've done it in the

past.

As usual, of course, NJ is going to host our typical group discussion about the book, but that's

going to happen a little later in the episode.

Before that, he spoke to Sarah Lyle, our resident Jane Austen expert here at the book

review for a quick Austin primer.

Austin, as a literary figure, lives so large in the public consciousness, but we want to know who

she was as a person. So MJ's going to start with Sarah. After that, he'll jump to our panel

conversation. It's all going to be great.

Without further ado, let's jump to it.

Jane Austen, as a literary figure, lives so large in the public consciousness, but who is Jane Austin as a person? So before we died into Pride and Prejudice itself, we just wanted to explore

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