The Amateur Austenite

There is drama in the strawberry fields of Donwell Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

Mr Knightley is suspicious but Rachel suspects Miss Bates could keep a secret Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

Harriet discards her obsession with Mr Elton and declares she will never marry her new love Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

Frank is a hero, Harriet is a damsel in distress and everyone is using racial slurs The quote from Persuasion was “this pathetic piece of family history” Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jan...

We discuss the dedication of Emma to the Prince Regent and propose that Miranda Hart does a one woman adaptation of Austen which some how segues into the muppets - oh and it's the ball. Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch...

Is Emma vain or does her behaviour make sense based on Frank's behaviour? Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

Mrs Elton has a tennis match conversation with Mr Weston, we discuss Frank's childhood Ok so I made another t-shirt Talking about Sense and Sensibility , Austen said: “I can no more forget it than a mother can forget her sucking child.” Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on Y...

TW: Slavery, racism Mrs Elton is rude and Frank is coming back! And I made a shirt.. . Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

Mrs Elton sucks and is a bully at the dinner party Emma throws for her Of course I made the tshirt Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Human...

Mrs Elton sucks, Mr Elton would be a better person had he married a better wife (as would many men in Austen), Mr Knightley isn’t in love with Jane Fairfax I mention Pride & Promiscuity: the lost sex scenes of Jane Austen by Arielle Eckstut Apologies for some background noise Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear ep...

Mrs Elton arrives and she sucks Harriet has no idea about money and we have no idea about social rules Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on H...

Mr Elton is a topic of conversation again and Emma has to console Harriet Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

Check out the Intrepid French Film Festival Aotearoa and especially Jane Austen Wrecked My Life throughout the country May-June 2025 Come to the May meeting to win tickets! Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Za...

Emma thinks she's in love with Frank. We talk a lot about slogans for t-shirts (and I made one ) Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Hu...

Does Mrs Weston love Mr Weston? Does Jane love Frank? We mention the webseries Rational Creatures which you can find on Youtube If you'd like to stay updated on the book I'm writing you can join my mailing list Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or...

Emma is judgy, Miss Bates is the least selfish character and Mrs Weston may be the original matchmaker. Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on...

Highbury is a one horse town where Miss Bates takes no breaths. There's even a journal article about Winnie-the-Pooh: Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website...

Perhaps we could learn a couple of things from Emma. We decide Emma might be bi or ace. Rachel has a meet cute in a supermarket Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotear...

Emma (Queen of Highbury) decides to grace the Coles with her presence just as the Queen (of England) once went to a wedding. Also Frank gets a haircut and Mr Woodhouse is a child... Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbub...

Frank is trying his hardest to see Jane (and we only see that because we know the ending) Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

Frank Churchill arrives! He's an inconvenient surprise (apologies to everyone ever as I'm always early). Where the hell does Emma get her snobby ideas from? Rachel mentions My Parents Won't Stop Talking by Emma Hunsinger & Tillie Walden  Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Fi...

We learn more about the future Mrs Elton and their courtship with a segue to Taylor Swift (let me have my special interests) Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa...

Gossip! Mr Elton is engaged and we discuss Jane Austen's own brief engagement Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Zazzle Book for a Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand event on Humanitix

We tackle the important questions: - Does Austen name characters after herself? - Why is Jane a better heroine than Emma? - Was Austen secretly gay? - Is Emma secretly gay? Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube , Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble or Za...

We ask the tough questions: - Is Mrs Bates hearing loss simply selective hearing?  - Are the Bates scamming their neighbours for free things? We also discuss engineering hacks, the mail and how the story pivots to focus on Jane Fairfax. Want to join a private one-on-one book club with Frances? Contact her to request a time Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTub...