Emma is judgy, Miss Bates is the least selfish character and Mrs Weston may be the original matchmaker.Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble Book for an Au...

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. MilneSupport the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-f...

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 supermarketSupport the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on...

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...Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on...

Frank is trying his hardest to see Jane (and we only see that because we know the ending)Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble Book for an Austen Society e...

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 Support the...

We learn more about the future Mrs Elton and their courtship with a segue to Taylor Swift (let me have my special interests)Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Red...

Gossip! Mr Elton is engaged and we discuss Jane Austen's own brief engagementSupport the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube, Instagram or at her website Buy our merch on Redbubble Book for an Austen Society event on Huma...

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?Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTube, Inst...

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.Support the podca...