Audio Excerpts from Jane's Fame Available on BBC Radio
June 2, 2009
Alert Janeites Cate and Chris let us know that audio excerpts from Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman, read by Alice Krige (Lady Russell in the most recent Persuasion film and of course WE ARE THE BORG QUEEN, INDIVIDUALIST SCUM), are available from BBC Radio.
We should have a review of the book very soon. In the meantime, read this article by Ms. Harman from The Age, sent by Alert Janeite Lisa, and just try to guess what the Editrix will have to say about it. 
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You mean the part where she says Henry Tilney is “girlie” because he can suit his conversation to his companions? Well, I know what I say about it: Go watch some more YouTube, I’m reading!
>And Henry Tilney is downright girlie with his knowledge of muslins and chat about books.>
“Da Man” is girlie??? Ooooh, them’s fightin’ words! Someone get me a cluebat!
Why is Henry Tilney “girlie” because he knows about muslins? His reason for such knowledge is valid, I should think? And since when is novel reading not manly? Ugh, reading that witty, dashing HT is being labelled as feminine leaves a sour taste in my mouth!
Well, apart from that, the excerpt looks interesting.