Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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SUMMARY: What if Pride and Prejudice were spooky? What if Mr. Darcy were less handsome, but also more abominable? What if instead of four sisters, Lizzie had no parents and a best friend who dies of tuberculosis? If you love Jane Austen, you’ll love this book, assuming you can get on board with some stuff. Today’s novel is the incomparable Jane Eyre. Though I guess it can be comparable to Pride and Prejudice. WATCH KELLEN'S NEW COMEDY SPECIAL ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpBt0...

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0:00.0	Kellan, I'm going to name a couple. You tell me what they fight about in couples therapy.
0:04.3	Okay. Lizzie and Darcy. Each of them are frustrated that it takes five to ten months for the other one to communicate everything that they should have before.
0:21.6	The Obama's. Huh. The Obama's.
0:23.2	Huh.
0:24.2	The Obamas go to a couple's therapy to ask how they can look like they have a more flawed marriage in public.
0:35.8	I thought Michelle would be annoyed at the dinner table that Barack's always on his phone doing drones.
0:45.7	The Trump's.
0:47.5	Oh.
0:49.6	Well, first of all, I don't see them going unless...
0:53.3	I don't either.
0:57.4	Hey, everyone.
0:58.6	I knew in advance I would like Jane Eyre, because this book asks the question,
1:02.4	what if Twilight were good?
1:04.1	It's by Charlotte Bronte.
1:05.8	And this is The Book Pile, a podcast about the best of books and the worst of books. If this is your first
1:11.8	time to the podcast, we're happy you're here, and feel free to also check out one or two or a
1:17.7	couple hundred of our other episodes after you fall in love with this one. I'm Kalinerskin.
1:24.1	I'm a comic, a father, and as such, I just want to say based on this novel and every book in similar
1:32.2	genres, including real life, hey, if you don't like children, why are you working out of boarding
1:40.1	school?
1:41.6	Why do you have other choices?
1:44.2	You chose this.
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