Jane Austen's Paper Trail
Episodes
Q&A: experts answer your Jane Austen questions
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Q&A episode we've asked a panel of Jane Austen experts to answer your questions! We’ve received a virtual sack full of letters f...
The happy ending
09 Dec 2025
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In the sixth episode of Jane Austen's Paper Trail from The Conversation, we explore whether Jane was happy, using her last published novel, Persuasion...
The writer
02 Dec 2025
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In the fifth episode of Jane Austen's Paper Trail from The Conversation, we look what kind of author Austen was, and what Northanger Abbey reveals abo...
The friend
25 Nov 2025
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In the fourth episode of Jane Austen's Paper Trail from The Conversation, we explore who Austen made friends with, and ask what we can learn about fri...
The political being
18 Nov 2025
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In the third episode of Jane Austen's Paper Trail from The Conversation, we explore Jane's politics, and her views on slavery through the pages of Man...
The romantic
11 Nov 2025
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In the second episode of Jane Austen's Paper Trail from The Conversation, we explore romance in the world of Jane Austen through the pages of Pride an...
The gossip
04 Nov 2025
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In the first episode of Jane Austen's Paper Trail from The Conversation, we're delving into Austen's first novel, Sense and Sensibility where gossip –...
Introducing Jane Austen's Paper Trail
01 Oct 2025
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Introducing Jane Austen's Paper Trail, a new podcast from The Conversation. When she died aged just 41, Jane Austen's sister, Cassandra, burned most ...