The Dark Side of Jane Austen

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. first things senior editor Julia Yost joins in to discuss her new book, Jane Austen’s Darkness

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Image by Ozias Humphry, public domain. Image cropped. Filter Added.
Intro music by Jack Bauerlein. 

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