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Ep46: The Thing About Queen Mab

8/11/2022

 
They say you should never look a gift horse in the mouth, but we're here to do just that. This episode we're investigating Willoughby's attempted equine offering, including a discussion of finances and the implied social significance of such a gift, as well as breaking down the meaning behind the name Queen Mab.

Selected Sources
  • Adkins, Roy, and Lesley Adkins. Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods. New York: Penguin Books, 2014.
  • Doody, Margaret Anne. “Introduction.” In Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, vii–xl. edited by James Kinsley, New ed. Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Jones, Christine A. “On Fairy Tales, Their Sensitive Characters, and the Sensible Readers They Create.” Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 25, no. 1 (2006): 13–30.
  • Ottman, Jill. “‘A Woman Never Looks Better than on Horseback.’” Persuasions On-Line 36, no. 1 (2015). https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/vol36no1/ottman/.
  • Pool, Daniel. What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist; the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England. New York: Touchstone, 2007.
  • Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Barbara Mowat, Paul Westine, Michael Poston, and Rebecca Niles. The Folger Shakespeare. Washington, DC: Folger Shakespeare Library. Accessed August 6, 2022. https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/romeo-and-juliet/.
  • Vickery, Amanda. The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press, 2003.
  • Wilwerding, Lauren. “Amatory Gifts in Sense and Sensibility.” Persuasions 37 (2015): 208–17.

Ep37: The Thing About Petty-France

5/5/2022

 
If General Tilney's chaise leaves Bath at 10 am and Henry's curricle also leaves Bath at 10 am and there are x postilions and y outriders and Catherine really, really, really just wants to get to the abbey, how many capes are on Henry's greatcoat?

This episode we're all about schedules and mileage (and Henry's greatcoat), as we journey along with Catherine and stopover at Petty-France.

Selected Sources
  • Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Edited by James Kinsley and John Davie. Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
  • Cantrell, Dean. “Yes, There Is a Petty France.” Persuasions 9 (1987): 36.
  • Jones, Hazel. Jane Austen’s Journeys. London: Hale, 2014.
  • Lane, Maggie. Jane Austen’s England. London: Hale, 1996.
  • Le Faye, Deirdre. Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels. London: Frances Lincoln, 2003.
  • Mogg, Edward. Mogg’s Pocket Itinerary of the Direct and Cross Roads of England and Wales, with Part of the Roads of Scotland. London, 1828.
  • The Bodkin. “Stay.” Accessed April 30, 2022. https://thebodkin.co.uk/.

Ep35: The Thing About Tattersall's

4/14/2022

 
Sir Walter is peeved, and we're here to explain exactly why our favorite snob is in such a snit. Obviously, no one explained to Mr. Elliot that Tattersall's is not to be trifled with.
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If you have ever wanted a pony, this episode is for you.

Episode content warning: discussion of gambling and debt.

Selected Sources
  • Ackermann, Rudolph. The Microcosm of London or London In Miniature. Vol. 3. London: Bensley, 1815. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Volume_III/1X9DnQZuBfMC?hl=en&gbpv=0.
  • The General Evening Post. “Advertisement: Richard Tattersall’s Well-Bred Running Horse.” March 12, 1761, No. 4278 edition.
  • Tattersalls. “History of Tattersalls.” Accessed April 7, 2022. https://www.tattersalls.com/about.
  • Lynch, Diedre Shauna. “Introduction and Notes.” In Persuasion, by Jane Austen, edited by James Kinsley. Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Morrison, Robert. The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
  • Vamplew, Wray, and Joyce Kay. Encyclopedia of British Horseracing. London: Routledge, 2005.

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