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Popular unrest and food riots, and her brother's military career.

Paula Byrne explores popular unrest and food riots, and Austen's brother's military career.

Written by Paula Byrne.


Reader Emma Fielding


To mark this month's bicentenary of the first publication of Pride and Prejudice, this new biography examines the forces that shaped the interior life of Jane Austen.

Today, her brother Henry Austen's regimental cocked hat leads us into popular unrest and food riots, and the influence of her brother's military career on her writing.


Abridged by Elizabeth Reeder.


Produced by Allegra McIlroy.

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Paula Byrne explores the forces that shaped the interior life of the popular novelist

Paula Byrne explores the forces that shaped the interior life of Britain's most beloved novelist

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