Jane Austen in the Garden: A Visit with Kim Wilson
02/07/25 • 41 min
"To work in his garden was one of his most respectable pleasures."
—Pride and Prejudice
The garden may be where Charlotte sends Mr. Collins when she tires of him, but for many of Jane Austen's heroines, it's a place of repose and reflection. Nature is an important and recurring theme in Austen's novels and a meaningful part of her own life. In this episode, author Kim Wilson takes us on a tour of the many types of Regency-era gardens and greenery that inspired Austen and her work.
This episode is a slightly abridged version of the videocast available on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4XSBUImU0Y.
For audio-only listeners, a selection of images discussed in the episode can be found in the transcript on our website: https://jasna.org/austen/podcast/ep20.
Kim Wilson is a writer and speaker, a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, and a past regional coordinator for JASNA's Wisconsin Region. Kim has presented at several JASNA AGMs and was a 2023/2024 JASNA Traveling Lecturer. She is the author of At Home with Jane Austen, Tea with Jane Austen, and In the Garden with Jane Austen.
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"To work in his garden was one of his most respectable pleasures."
—Pride and Prejudice
The garden may be where Charlotte sends Mr. Collins when she tires of him, but for many of Jane Austen's heroines, it's a place of repose and reflection. Nature is an important and recurring theme in Austen's novels and a meaningful part of her own life. In this episode, author Kim Wilson takes us on a tour of the many types of Regency-era gardens and greenery that inspired Austen and her work.
This episode is a slightly abridged version of the videocast available on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4XSBUImU0Y.
For audio-only listeners, a selection of images discussed in the episode can be found in the transcript on our website: https://jasna.org/austen/podcast/ep20.
Kim Wilson is a writer and speaker, a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, and a past regional coordinator for JASNA's Wisconsin Region. Kim has presented at several JASNA AGMs and was a 2023/2024 JASNA Traveling Lecturer. She is the author of At Home with Jane Austen, Tea with Jane Austen, and In the Garden with Jane Austen.
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A Close Look at Austen’s Genius: A Visit with John Mullan
Happy 2025! This year marks Jane Austen's 250th birthday, and we are delighted to kick off the celebration with professor and author John Mullan as our guest. This month we delve into passages from the four novels published during Austen's lifetime and discuss what the details reveal about her genius as a writer. Join us for this fascinating and insightful episode (and get a sneak peek at one of our plenary speakers for JASNA's 2025 AGM in Baltimore)!
John Mullan is Lord Northcliffe Chair of Modern English Literature at University College London. Specializing in eighteenth- and nineteenth century literature, he is a frequent guest on radio and TV and lectures widely. He also writes on contemporary fiction for the Guardian and was a judge for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. John is the author of The Artful Dickens, What Matters in Jane Austen?, Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature, and How Novels Work and has edited the Oxford World Classics editions of Sense and Sensibility and Emma as well as a number of works by Daniel Defoe and Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Poets.
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Jane Austen & Her Playlist: A Visit with Laura Klein
"I do not think I can live without something of a musical society. . . . without music, life would be a blank to me." —Emma
Though these words are spoken by the shallow and pretentious Mrs. Elton, the sentiment is one that Jane Austen herself likely shared. Austen played the pianoforte throughout her life and often incorporated music into her novels. In this episode, we chat with pianist Laura Klein about the music Austen and her family knew and loved and discuss how she used it in her writing to drive plots, reveal character traits, and provide emotional outlets for her heroines.
Laura Klein is a pianist and historical musicologist. Her current research centers on the music contained in the Austen Family Music Books collection. She founded The Jane Austen Playlist in 2019, a historical music project that features the music of the Austen family in digitized notations, companion recordings, and dramatically narrated performances. An active performer and presenter, she gives frequent concerts and lecture recitals online, throughout the United States, and in the United Kingdom, including Jane Austen’s House and Chawton House.
For a transcript and show notes, visit https://jasna.org/austen/podcast/ep21/.
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