JANE AUSTEN ‘Edgar and Emma: A Tale’ Reading-Jane Austen Juvenilia-18th Century English Literature

[@DrOctaviaCox]

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[@dearoldbiddy1363]

The last phrase, "for the remainder of her life", took me by surprise and I burst out laughing. Poor Emma!

[@freedpeeb]

Absolutely delightful! Her youth is obvious but her wit is already blossoming.

[@truecrimeboozer]

absolutely exquisite handwriting!

[@DrOctaviaCox]

Indeed! Beautiful.

[@truecrimeboozer]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="213">03:33</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="216">03:36</a> "their children were too numerous to be particularly described". Austen's emerging self referential wit gave me a chuckle.

[@Tevildo]

The character of Thomas shows us that Jane has a perfect insight into the lot of the Older Brother, which does not appear to have changed a great deal over the centuries. :)

[@mch12311969]

I'm rather enjoying these Juvenilia readings. I'm considering reading more for myself. Thank you

[@DrOctaviaCox]

What do you think of Austen’s juvenilian tale ‘Edgar and Emma’?

[@bonniehagan9644]

I adore this!! I'm so glad you are doing these readings of Jane Austen's Juvenilia. The hilarity of these situations and descriptions is delightful! The number of Wilmott children alone reduced me to hysterics. Poor Emma, crying for the rest of her life.

[@dsr8223]

I've never read (or heard read) any of her juvenalia before watching your channel. I can feel a spark of her genius even in her early works. The absurdity is so fun. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@rufescens]

I find it silly. (Not in a bad way.) Also astounding, given that she wrote this when she was... twelve?

[@h-di4qd]

She's just brilliant.

[@mikeborro6463]

Chpt 1 put me in mind of opening pages of P&P where Mr and Mrs Bennett are also having a polite disagreement about family matters. Same comic tone. Fascinating.

[@sarahmwalsh]

Hilarious!!! I lost count of the Wilmots' children. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@terrybryce88]

I love your channel! I feel I’ve learned more about writing from you, than all of my high school and college years! Thanks! Jane Bryce

[@TheEntilza]

The Wilmonts have had over 20 years of highly affectionate marriage.

[@Jablicek]

They didn't have the telly back then. What else is one to do on long winter evenings?

[@TheEntilza]

@@Jablicek with that number of kids it seems they made good use of Spring, Summer and Fall evenings as well. Also, they were very healthy people because many families back then had some children die in infancy. They seem to be a kind of prototype to the Morelands from Northanger Abbey.

[@huladarling]

What Id be interested in is an analyse of some of the novels mentioned in regency romance novels - mysterious of udolpho etc and their context and influence of the stories

[@jrpipik]

These are charming. The ending is very funny, but also the kind of thing we see young writers do when they have no idea how to continue a story. The next best thing to, "And then she woke up." Nevertheless, a good way to test the waters of writing.

[@erikajohnson9574]

It basically like a punchline to a joke. This is Jane Austen's stand up routine.

[@rachelbh11]

These are so fun. I have a question about Austen's six main novels. In all of them, both the audience and the heroine are introduced to the romantic hero before the romantic villain--Tilney before Thorpe, Darcy before Wickham, Knightley before Churchill, etc. Why is this so consistent? Was that part of the genre at the time? Is it specific to Austen's style? Does she choose that on purpose to endear the hero to the audience?

[@bogi18]

Lol, loved the part when Emma stood up right when they were ringing for the carriage and refused to let them leave the house until they answer her. You can clearly picture the scene in your head, an over dramatic, socially awkward teenage girl's outburst and the politely bewildered reaction from everyone else.

[@erikajohnson9574]

Its giving Marianne Dashwood

[@AD-hs2bq]

Love this so much.

[@elizabethwillis885]

They had 18 children? Eek!

[@leonorsantos9355]

Charming!

[@TVandManga]

This was great, thank you!

[@mirandamom1346]

1787! She was juvenile indeed!

[@ellie698]

😆 Excellent

[@nhmisnomer]

Hilarious! Thanks for reading.

[@isabellearaujo8991]

What?? Emma died of sadness? 😅

[@h-di4qd]

Thank you so much for this :)

[@gjc.38.]

: ❤❤❤❤❤🎉

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

That was glorious. Beautiful reading. Hysterical, thank you SO much. 👏👏

[@barbarajames4933]

First time for this one, the ending perfect 😆

[@sheryllknapp9803]

My mind went straight to Bath when you read the beginning about the residence and I thought of M. Austen's poor health! How could she have written that early in her life when the experience written happened to her and her family later in her life? Am I confused about this?