The Brontes' Secret Scandal (with Finola Austin)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Novelist Finola Austin joins Jacke for a discussion of her new novel Bronte's Mistress, which provides a fascinating new perspective on one of literature's most famous families. FINOLA AUSTIN, also known as the Secret Victorianist on her award-winning blog, is an England-born, Northern Ireland-raised, Brooklyn-based historical novelist and lover of the 19th century. By day, she works in digital advertising. Find her online at FinolaAustin.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	I thought someone else must have written this novel already so when I read the
0:15.3	passage I put down the biography and I started googling to see has anybody written Lydia
0:19.2	Robinson's side of this story? I was just so convinced that it felt so of the moment. And when they hadn't, I wrote it like a mad
0:28.7	woman. I wrote it within six months. Well I did a year of research first but when I actually started
0:33.9	writing I wrote it incredibly quickly and the whole time I felt like if I didn't do it
0:38.4	somebody else might yeah because it's just it's wonderful fodder for a story and, Brante's mistress.
0:59.8	She wrote it like a mad woman.
1:02.4	It was a story that the world needed to hear. What was that story?
1:08.0	We'll hear all about it today on the history of literature. Okay, here we go. Welcome to the podcast. I'm Jack Wilson, your host, episode 252.
1:35.3	I'm still in the afterglow of our big milestone,
1:39.1	250 episodes, and of course, two million downloads.
1:42.8	Not bad for a plucky little literature podcast.
1:46.6	Turns out that people like great books and they like hearing people talk about them.
1:52.1	Speaking of which, our episode on the Brontes
1:55.5	is one of the most popular we've ever done.
1:57.3	You might remember the discussion of the graveyard in that one.
2:00.7	These sisters and their whole family really, the father on down such a vivid family in the history of literature.
2:08.0	They are one of literature's treasures.
2:10.0	And so when I was given the chance to interview Finula Austin about her new novel, I jumped.
2:17.0	Jumped at the chance. I'm sure you're going to like this conversation.
2:20.0	She came at the Brantes from a slightly different angle from one you might expect.
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