It's the Jane Austen Episode!

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2014

⏱️ 37 minutes

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She was not a shy spinster who wrote some little books mostly to amuse her own family. She also was not a real-life Elizabeth Bennett. Jane Austen's life was very different from any of her heroines. Here's a link to our show notes.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HowStuffWorks.com.
0:36.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:45.7	I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.
0:48.7	And we're just going to get two things out in the open at the beginning of this episode.
0:53.7	Thing number one, Jane Austen was not just a shy spencer.
0:56.7	He wrote some little books mostly to amuse herself and her own family.
1:00.7	That's a common rumor.
1:02.7	It's a common rumor that is false.
1:05.7	Another comment, maybe not rumor, but another perception that is false.
1:08.7	She was not like the real life version of Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice.
1:15.7	Yeah, and I think that dovetails on the rumor.
1:17.7	Like people think that her books are some sort of personal wish fulfillment scenario.
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