The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate senior producer Cheyna
Roth is joined by culture writer Anna Nordberg to talk all about
Jane Austen. The romance novelist may have written her seven books
well over a century ago, but as Cheyna and Anna discuss, her work
still endures in popular culture. They talk about why Austen’s
characters are even more modern than the men and women we see on
screen today and why some of the men are kind of meh. Later in the
show, they talk about what makes an endearing Jane Austen
adaptation, and why Netflix’s Persuasion fails so miserably. 
In Slate Plus, are Jane Austen’s proposals feminist?
Recommendations: Anna: The 1995 Sense and Sensibility adaptation
starring Emma Thompson.  Cheyna: The music of Cosmo Jarvis.
Plus a dedication to a beloved professor, Dr. Brent Chesley. 
  Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight
by Shannon Palus, Daisy Rosario, and Alicia Montgomery.  Send
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