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isoseismic7's review
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.75
This is an excellent course for understanding Jane Austen. Her life, her written works, her influence, and the culture of her times. It has spurred me to want to read her books. Devoney Looser, the professor, is very knowledgeable, enthusiastic about Austen, and has written books on her and other female authors.
elee2013's review
5.0
5/5
Really excellent course! Worth an audible credit, although I was able to listen to this through the plus library. I learned a ton of the context that Austen was writing in, as much as we know about her life, and there were lectures about each of her writings. The major novels, the juvenalia, and the unfinished works. Each episode just made her excellence more evident, all of her social commentary, her absolute deft way with words, her genius essentially. It’s amazing that her work has never fallen out of popularity in over 200 years now, but if you listen to this course, you will 100% understand why!
Really excellent course! Worth an audible credit, although I was able to listen to this through the plus library. I learned a ton of the context that Austen was writing in, as much as we know about her life, and there were lectures about each of her writings. The major novels, the juvenalia, and the unfinished works. Each episode just made her excellence more evident, all of her social commentary, her absolute deft way with words, her genius essentially. It’s amazing that her work has never fallen out of popularity in over 200 years now, but if you listen to this course, you will 100% understand why!