EP 13 - The Thing About the Cobb - The Thing About Austen

EP13: The Thing About the Cobb

10/3/2021

Captain Wentworth is headed to Lyme Regis, so obviously we must tag along. Pack a pair of sturdy shoes and tie your bonnet strings on extra tight because this episode, we're out walking on the Cobb. If you have ever wished you had a wind machine to follow you around in real life, this episode is for you.

Selected episode sources

Bull, Richard. “Sea Defences - The Cobb Breakwater.” Lyme Regis Museum, March 11, 2015. https://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/sea-defences-cobb-breakwater/.
Lyme Regis Museum. “Enslaving People.” Accessed January 28, 2022. https://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/related-article/enslaving-people/.
The Independent. “Storm on the Cobb: Historic Harbour Defence Starts to Crack in Lyme Regis.” The Independent (London, England). February 13, 2014.

1/28/2022 03:42:20 pm

Can’t believe you didn’t mention Mary Anning, Heavenly Creatures, and the state of scientific and general knowledge about geology/paleontology in Regency times.

Zan Cammack

10/24/2022 05:53:01 pm

Sorry, I'm just seeing this. But you're right! There is such rich scientific knowledge about paleontology that comes from Lyme around this period. And Mary Anning is an absolute rockstar on this front!

It's always a tough call about how to focus an episode like this, but we did want to focus primarily on the Cobb in relation to the plot in Persuasion.

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