The Thing About Austen
The Thing About Austen
5.0from 1,412 ratings
- 121
- Episodes
- 26
- Transcribed
- 1,412
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The Thing About Austen
The Thing About Austen is a podcast about Jane Austen's world — the people, objects, and culture that shape Austen's fiction. Come for the historical context and stay for the literary shenanigans. Think of us as your somewhat cheeky tour guides to the life and times of Jane Austen.
- Publisher
- The Thing About Austen
- Category
- arts · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 20 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
26 of 121 episodes have a transcript.
20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 120: The Thing About Mr. Darcy's Ten Thousand a Year
22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 119: The Thing About Sea-bathing
23 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 118: The Thing About Mrs. Clay Under Mr. Elliot's Protection
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Episode 120: The Thing About Mr. Darcy's Ten Thousand a Year
Published 20 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The patronesses at Allmax are like, yes, please do come in. Uh-huh, uh-huh. We have some marriageable young ladies you might be interested in. Yes. These vouchers are yours for the asking. All of this leads to a few conclusions about the power of 10,000 a year. Austen's readers would immediately recognize that Darcy is not aristocracy, but Darcy does not inherently need aristocratic status. His wealth, lineage, estate, and social position place him among the most prominent men in England. Like we said earlier, he is old money and he's not sliding into obscurity old money like a Sir Walter. Darcy is rich old money. […]
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- Eleanor Gilchrist
- Damianne Scott
- Kate Emery
- Emily Davis-Hale
- Prerna Ramachandra
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 575 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 837 ratings
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- 90
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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