Before she became an independent-minded novelist, Jane Austen was an independent-minded teenager. At four, on University of the Air, meet young Jane Austen.
For information about a fall outreach class Professor Joe Wiesenfarth will be teaching on “Jane Austen as Monty Python: Austen’s Girlhood Writings,” contact Emily Auerbach at eauerbach@dcs.wisc.edu or 608-262-3733. For readings used on this show, see Jane Austen’s Catharine and Other Writings (Oxford World Classics) and Emily Auerbach’s Searching for Jane Austen (UW Press).
Wisconsin Public Radio, © Copyright 2024, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.