Why Austen? More Than Just Balls and Romance

Why Austen? More Than Just Balls and Romance Some film and tv adaptations of Jane Austen's novels might give the impression that the stories are little more than Mills and Boon-type romances in empire-line frocks. This talk will introduce fictions whose representations of the path to marriage is anything but starry-eyed and rosy-coloured, and an author who is anything but 'dear sweet Aunt Jane'. Dr Sandie Byrne is a University Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing. #janeausten, #prideandprejudice, #bookstagram, #mrdarcy, #emma, #janeaustenfan, #elizabethbennet, #senseandsensibility, #perioddrama, #regency Cite:What's so great about Austen? Isn't she just bonnets and balls? by Sandie Byrne at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/whats-so-great-about-austen-isnt-she-just-bonnets-balls. Published on 07 October 2013. Accessed on 11 May 2025. If reusing this resource please attribute as follows: What's so great about Austen? Isn't she just bonnets and balls? (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/) by Sandie Byrne, licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (2.0 UK).