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Happily ever after? Love and marriage in Austen's era

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

From unwanted proposals and lingering looks across ballrooms to a wet-shirted Mr Darcy emerging from a lake, the romantic stories of Jane Austen – and their countless adaptations – have captured the hearts of many of us. But, if we turn to the real historical record of the Regency era, how much truth is there to these tales of happily ever after? As a nod to Valentine's Day, Lauren Good speaks to Rory Muir about the reality of love and marriage in the age of Jane Austen, from engagements and elopements to going on honeymoon with your mother-in-law. (Ad) Rory Muir is the author of Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen (Yale University Press, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Marriage-Age-Jane-Austen/dp/0300269609/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.2

And remember, it's just between us.

0:30.1

This episode is presented by eBay.

0:33.9

Rob.

0:34.7

Everyone loves a deal and a bargain from time to time, don't they?

0:37.5

Absolutely, mate. And do you know where you can grab a great deal? Talk to me. Where? The eBay app. Yes, you are correct. You didn't need to talk to me. I already knew it. I love eBay. When you're buying, you can discover loads of hidden gems. There's so many items where you think I would have never found that anywhere else. Then when you're selling

0:54.8

it's so simple and most importantly free. It's free Rob. When it's this easy to sell for free

1:00.4

and there's great deals on things you love. You can't help but say when it's eBay. It excludes

1:05.0

vehicles and business sellers. Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History

1:16.9

Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

1:35.8

From unwanted proposals and lingering looks across the ballroom to a wet-shirted Mr Darcy emerging emerging from a lake. The romantic stories of Jane Austen and their countless adaptations

1:41.8

have captured the hearts of so many of us.

1:45.5

But if we turn to the real historical record of the Regency era,

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