What’s Old is New Episode 4: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Introduction
0:20 In which we wonder whether people will allow us to continue having a classics podcast
1:30 Jen’s issues with Jane Eyre
2:40 Nicole’s issues with Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre-related books
3:30 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
4:45 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
6:50 Jen’s theory about people loving v. not loving Jane Eyre
11:35 The House of Moreys by Phyllis Eleanor Bentley
13:05 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
14:50 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
16:40 Other Jane-Eyre related books:
- Jane by April Lindner
- Charlotte and Emily by Jude Morgan
- Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler
- Romancing Miss Bronte by Juliet Gael
- The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James
- The Heroine’s Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore
Chat with Erin Blakemore, author of “The Heroine’s Bookshelf
19:30 Introducing Erin
20:00 Erin’s history with Jane Eyre
22:25 What makes this book so great?
24:10 Jane’s steadfastness
26:00 Jane’s like-ability and character
30:30 Erin questions our objections to Jane Eyre
33:30 The last 1/3 of the novel
40:10 The first 2/3 of the book (are we doing this backwards?)
41:20 Jane Eyre’s place in the canon
49:20 The wrap-up
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