Goodreads co-founder Elizabeth Khuri Chandler on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, her high school ballerina days, and the lessons she carried — and continues to carry — with her. To learn more about the books we've mentioned in this week's episode, check out Heidi by Johanna Spyri, The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and Dune by Frank Herbert. You can find transcripts of this episode and past ones on LitHub. Check out the podcasts Grammar Girl and Case Closed, and the audiobook for A Well Behaved Woman.

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