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Close Reads Podcast

Jane Eyre: Chapters 6-11

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4823 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Join David, Heidi, and very special guest Karen Swallow Prior as they discuss Helen Burns, Charlotte Bronte's strategy for naming characters, the confluence of Bronte's life and Jane's experiences, our introduction to Ye Olde Mansion, and much more.

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm David Kern. I'm Heidi White. And you were listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the Incurable Reader. And we are here to discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, not to be confused with Jane Eyre by Karen Swallow Prior. She wrote the book about Jane Eyre, not Jane Eyre itself. Do you have people ever get confused about this? And the reason I ask is because people

0:22.8

got very confused about where to find this book on the shelves in our store, as if I was supposed to,

0:28.8

and I don't mean that, you know, as if I was supposed to shelve it under P and not under B. That is interesting.

0:35.9

Yeah, actually, the point of confusion on my end, and I'm sure there are words we could have used to clear it up, but I don't know what they are. But people do not understand that it's the text as well. They, you know, they think it's just a guide, which I get. I just don't know what words we would have used.

0:55.6

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

0:56.3

And it's, yeah.

1:00.7

So, and we change the description on Amazon, so hopefully it's clearer, but I still get that question all the time.

1:01.5

And I don't know what words would have made it clearer, but I'm still thinking about it.

1:05.5

But you're right.

1:06.2

It should be, you know, under B. Have you read George Sondra's new book?

1:11.5

What is it called?

1:12.1

Swimming a Pondon?

1:13.3

Yes.

1:13.8

From the rain.

1:14.9

Yes.

1:15.2

I am crazy about that book.

1:17.4

I love that book.

1:18.7

That book is so...

1:19.7

George is so...

1:20.6

Yes.

1:21.9

Yes.

1:22.9

Okay, so I agree with all the things you're saying.

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