Around here, we don’t think you need an excuse to love Jane Austen, but boy does today's guest Rebecca Smith have a great one -- she is Jane Austen's great great great great great niece! Rebecca is a longtime reader, a former writer in residence at Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, and she currently teaches creative writing in the U.K. She’s the author of Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas and the recently published book The Jane Austen Writer’s Club.
For a full list of titles discussed in this episode, plus a list of all Rebecca's titles, visit the shownotes page on the podcast website. You can connect with Rebecca on Twitter or via the Bloomsbury website.
Your time has come, Austen lovers - what do you recommend reading after Jane?
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