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Austen vs. Brontë is a literary thunderdome! Listen each week as Lauren and Hannah compare and contrast the lives, work and fandoms of the Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters.... more
FAQs about Bonnets At Dawn:How many episodes does Bonnets At Dawn have?The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.
January 03, 2023Best Reads of 2022, pt2: Jane Austen and the Porter Sisters w/Devoney Looser and Nikki PayneThis week, we’re talking about forgotten novelists, scandalous carriage rides, and Jane Austen with two of our favorite authors. First up, Devoney Looser tells us more about Jane and Maria Porter, the subjects of her nonfiction book Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Sisters, Who Paved The Way for Austen and the Brontës. And later, we are joined by Nikki Payne, who discusses her modern Austen retelling Pride and Protest....more1h 11minPlay
December 27, 2022Best Reads of 2022, pt1: Louisa & Emily, Romance Reads, and Old Iron PressIn this action-packed episode, we discuss our favorite reads of 2022, YOUR favorite reads of 2022, and interview some very special literary guests. First up - authors Lorraine Tosiello and Jane Cavolina discuss their book, "The Bee and the Fly: The Improbable Correspondence of Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson". Roseann Backlin from Love’s Sweet Arrow recommends some romance novels we should pick up in 2023, and Eliza Tudor from Old Iron Press talks about retooled classics and the books she loved reading this year....more1hPlay
December 05, 2022S6, E12: George Eliot and Silas Marner, pt 4This week, we’ve come to the end of our Silas Marner read-along! Voice actress Katie Mosley joins us one last time as we recap chapters 17-22 and discuss all of the Silas Marner adaptations, including Steve Martin’s A Simple Twist of Fate....more1h 3minPlay
November 27, 2022S6, E11: George Eliot and Silas Marner, pt 3We’re still banging on about George Eliot and Silas Marner! This week, we recap chapters 13 -16, talk nature and Wordsworth, and are rejoined by voice actress Katie Mosley as the voice of George Eliot....more41minPlay
November 20, 2022S6, E10: George Eliot, her entanglements, and Silas Marner, pt 2This week, we continue our discussion on George Eliot, her entanglements, and Silas Marner. The book is getting very Eastenders as we recap chapters 5-12 and are rejoined by voice actress Katie Mosley as the voice of George Eliot to highlight our favorite quotes from the book....more1h 1minPlay
November 12, 2022S6, E9: George Eliot, her entanglements, and Silas Marner, pt 1For the next few weeks, we’ll be discussing George Eliot, her entanglements, and reading Silas Marner through a fairytale lens. This week, we recap chapters 1-4, and are rejoined by voice actress Katie Mosley as the voice of George Eliot to highlight our favorite passages of the book....more53minPlay
November 04, 2022B@D Mixtape #3: Sense of PlaceThis week we’ve specially selected pieces with a strong sense of place by Zitkala Sa, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Emily Lawless, and George Eliot for another B@D Mixtape. Come with us as we explore an English country garden, the Yankton Reservation, a bustling alleyway in New Orleans, and a quiet London drawing room.Special thanks to Sassy, Katie, Desiree, and _HAP_ from Freesound.org...more33minPlay
October 28, 2022B@D MIxtape #2: A Haunted House?This week, we’ve curated a selection of haunting short stories and poems by Virginia Woolf, Amy Levy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Dickinson, for another B@D Mixtape - part podcast, part audiobook....more37minPlay
October 21, 2022S6, E8: The Haunting Tales of Charlotte Riddell with Dr. Melissa EdmundsonThis week, spooky story specialist Dr. Melissa Edmundson talks to us about her Broadview edition of The Uninhabited House by Charlotte Riddell and helps us understand why the Victorians were so obsessed with ghost stories. We also discuss “Business Gothic'' and recommend some scary stories by Edith Nesbit....more48minPlay
June 29, 2022S6, E7: Race, Romance, and Empire in the short works of Louisa May Alcott and Dinah CraikThis week, we are discussing My Contraband by Louisa May Alcott and The Half-Caste by Dinah Craik. These stories may seem different on the surface, but share quite a few similarities. We talk about how these authors handle interracial relationships, the East India Company, and make comparisons to Sense & Sensibility and Jane Eyre. Spoilers ahead. You can find both stories for free online if you’d like to read before listening....more53minPlay
FAQs about Bonnets At Dawn:How many episodes does Bonnets At Dawn have?The podcast currently has 171 episodes available.