“I am to flirt my last”: Jane Austen’s twenties

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🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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We might assume that Jane Austen led a quiet existence, writing dramatic plots instead of experiencing them herself – but that presumption is far from the truth. In this second episode of our four-part series on Austen's life and writing, Dr Lizzie Rogers and Lauren Good chart the author’s tumultuous twenties, an eventful period of her life during which she faced everything from a fleeting romance to sudden loss. ––––– GO BEYOND THE PODCAST Want to go further into the world of Jane Austen and her literary creations? HistoryExtra's Lauren Good rounds up some essential reading, listening and viewing from the HistoryExtra and BBC History Magazine archive to deepen your understanding of Austen's life, her work and the Regency era in which she wrote: https://bit.ly/49F9oUk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:36.7	Today on the History Extra podcast, we're going to return to Lauren Good with our latest Sunday series exploring the life and works of Jane Austen.
1:45.7	We might assume that Jane Austen led a quiet life, writing dramatic plots instead of experiencing
1:52.8	them herself. But this is far from the truth. I'm Lauren Good and in this second episode of a
1:59.3	four-part series exploring Jane's life and writing,
2:03.3	Dr Lizzie Rogers and I will be covering a more dramatic period of the writer's life, her 20s,
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