Episode 107: The Thing About Manydown Park with guests Prerna Ramachandra and Sarah Rose Kearns
In December 1802, while visiting family friends at Manydown Park, Jane Austen received and accepted a proposal of marriage from Harris Bigg-Wither. The next day, she withdrew her acceptance.
This episode we are joined by guests Prerna Ramachandra and Sarah Rose Kearns to discuss this crossroads moment in Austen's personal and professional life.
Thank you so much to Prerna and Rose for joining us for this episode! Their Kickstarter campaign for Manydown is now live: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theholytheatre/manydown-a-jane-austen-story. Please check it out and consider supporting their work.
You can also follow along with their progress by subscribing to their Substack: https://manydown.substack.com/. You can learn more about Prerna and Rose's other work at https://www.prernaramachandra.me/ and https://www.theholytheatre.org/.