Amme and I discuss the return of Mr Tilney! I struggle with the James/John of it all while Austen takes several stabs at Isabella.

Emma and I discuss how John Thorpe is the worst and Jane Austen's love of tall men.

In this episode we discuss: -How to pronounce Udolpho-Jane Austen’s impact on random books still existing 200 years laterAmme praises the letter format and defines “pick me girls”Amme mentions:Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Emma and I discuss the duties of friendship, Austen's defence of novels, and whether conflict is necessaryWe mention a lot of books:Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrThe Child that Books Built by Francis SpuffordThe Beach Trap by Ali BradyThe Very Hu...

Amme and I discuss:- The pump room- True friendship- The Thorpes- Is Catherine gay?Amme mentions Daniel Fox on Instagram (his hell videos are worth a watch too)

Emma and I discuss love, flirting and muslin (all the essentials)I mention The Thing About Austen Podcast

Amme joins me to discuss:- Why you shouldn’t name your child after a virtue- Fae bargains- The rules for taking someone to a mosh pit for the first time- What accessory Catherine is- The real "truth universally acknowledged"

Emma is joining me on the odd chapters. In this episode we discuss heroines, Mary Su characters, we discover a mistake in an end note and do a brief run down of the history of the publication of Northanger Abbey.

You know Emma and Amme from the last season, they are back to co-host as we read Northanger Abbey, each comes with a canine co-hostThis episode is very unstructured, enjoy the random cuts(Similarities in their names was entirely coincidental)We menti...

Ant and I discuss the importance of money in decision making, tokenism and he has some hot takes on characters.You can find Rational Creatures on YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and their Website