This is an interesting podcast of an interview with Joan Klingel Ray, a professor and Jane Austen scholar who wrote Jane Austen for Dummies. It was taped just after Becoming Jane came out in movie theaters. Click here to listen to it.
In it the 20 - 30 minute podcast Dr. Ray discusses what happens to women in the Regency era if they do not marry and what happens if they do not marry well. She also talks about how dependent women are on the men in their lives. Surprisingly, one of her favorite characters is Miss Bingley in Pride and Prejudice. Find out why.
In it the 20 - 30 minute podcast Dr. Ray discusses what happens to women in the Regency era if they do not marry and what happens if they do not marry well. She also talks about how dependent women are on the men in their lives. Surprisingly, one of her favorite characters is Miss Bingley in Pride and Prejudice. Find out why.
