Pride and Prejudice: The Wrap Up

Welcome to Season 5 of Storytime for Grownups! This season we are reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens a few chapters at a time, with a few notes along the way. It's like an audio book with built in notes. So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in. It's story ...  Show more

Welcome to Season 5 of Storytime for Grownups! This season we are reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens a few chapters at a time, with a few notes along the way. It's like an audio book with built in notes. So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in. It's story ...  Show more

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

So opens Jane Austen’s Regency-era romantic comedy “Pride and Prejudice,” which for centuries has delighted readers with its story of the five Bennet si ...

Author Devoney Looser may be a mild-mannered English professor to most people, but roller derby fans know her as Stone Cold Jane Austen, her smashmouth alter ego. In this episode, Devoney tells Jacke about her new book Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane, ...  Show more

Phoebe reads Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. ⁠Read along.⁠ Our other shows are ⁠Criminal⁠ and ⁠This is Love.⁠ You can listen to Phoebe Reads a Mystery, Criminal and This is Love without any ads by signing up for Criminal Plus. You’ll also get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes o ...  Show more

Still reeling from Mr Darcy’s unexpected proposal, Lizzy is astonished to receive a letter from her now not-so-secret admirer.  

But far from entreating her to reconsider his offer, Darcy writes to defend his honour - in the affair of Jane and Bingley, and ...