Anna Walker
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274 appearances
5 recordings
4 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 2 Jul
Anna Walker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It centres on Anne Elliot, who seven years ago had been persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer with uncertain prospects.
At the ripe old age of 27, Anne is now considered past her prime and lives a quiet life overshadowed by regret.
When her family relocates to Bath, she crosses paths with Wentworth again, now a wealthy and distinguished captain.
With the past between them, Anne is offered a precious second chance at happiness.
But what does that really mean?
I'm Anna Walker, Arts and Culture Editor at The Conversation in the UK, a platform partnering journalists with academics.
You're listening to Jane Austen's Paper Trail.
In this podcast, experts uncover the real Jane Austen to celebrate 250 years since her birth.
Book by book, we'll take you inside her work to help you understand her life.
Welcome to episode six, Was Jane Happy?
Later in the episode, I sit down with two experts and a copy of Persuasion to muse on Jane's state of mind.
But first off, my colleague Jane Wright and PhD researcher Nada Sadawi head to Lyme Regis in Dorset on the south coast of England.
It's an important setting in the novel and Austen's own favourite holiday destination.
This intoxicating setting provided the backdrop to some of Jane Austen's most treasured walks.
And that's what Nada's ongoing PhD research at Cumbria University is all about.
The transformative power of walking in Austen's novels.
My colleague Jane Wright there, with Nada Sadui.
I love the idea of Anne Wentworth walking towards transformation.
The way Nada puts it really embodies the vast and sometimes conflicting emotions we experience over the course of our lives.
But by now, I feel, we should expect nothing less.
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