Jane Austen: The Original Lady of Yearning

Jane Austen never got the sweeping love story that she wrote so beautifully about, but her own experiences with love, money, marriage, and heartbreak shaped some of the greatest romances in literary history. From her flirtation with Tom Lefroy to the marriage proposal she famously reconsidered, we get to know the real woman behind Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, her fight to become a published author, and why we’re still hopelessly in love with her stories more than 2 centuries  later. Follow us @petticoatrevolutionpod on Instagram, Youtube, and Tiktok for more! 0:00 Introduction to Jane Austen 2:25 Early life in Steventon 8:02 Early writing and satire 12:16 The age of social balls 16:07 The Tom Lefroy romance 22:46 First steps toward publishing 25:44 Hardship and relocation 31:35 Stability at Chawton 34:56 Professional success 39:17 Final years and legacy 42:32 Jane's modern cultural impact