Hello, I'm Alison Larkin, writer, comedian and narrator and host of the Jane Austen

podcast with Alison Larkin. Whether you're a diehard Austin fan or you have yet to be

introduced, I'm here to bring her stories into the 21st century and offer you some new

perspectives along with other Jane Austen lovers. I couldn't start this show with anything

other than pride and prejudice, her most famous novel and a truly timeless love story.

Elizabeth Bennett is a young woman who has no interest in letting her mother marry her

off to someone she doesn't love and Mr. Darcy is a proud, rich aristocrat with strong

opinions on the sort of woman he may one day tolerate enough to marry. Though seemingly

at odds due to their you guessed it, pride and prejudice, their complicated slow burn romance

is sure to make even the cynics swoon. Be sure to listen and subscribe to the Jane Austen

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Hey, right. Hey, Will. How are you doing today? I'm a little sad. Why? What happened?

My rod only has one part. No, no, not the first line. It's still the one of

Orcas episode. I'm not over it. Well, I guess I should have expected it. I'm neutral about

it. It's fine. I enjoyed the Dorcas episode, the one of Orcas episode, but let us leave

that rod behind. Yeah. We want to talk about a new one. This seven parted rod. What makes

this rod so special? Well, we are getting close to the halfway through this year already

and we have only covered three artifacts up to this point. This is discounting the legendary

Swords episode, which technically had no official artifacts mentioned, though it was

on brand for this year's theme. So it's time to start catching up on our artifact quota

for the year. And I chose a great artifact for doing so. Yes, please. For today's artifact

is in some ways, seven artifacts in one. Yeah, that makes sense considering that it's

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