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“A diary is not only a text: it is a behaviour, a way of life, of which the text is a by-product", says the French theorist Philipe Lejeune. From ancient Babylon to journalling today, politicians' jottings and the notes made by eighteenth century writers like Mary Hamilton and Fanny Burney. Matthew Sweet discusses diaries with curator Irving Finkel, literary historian Sophie Coulombeau, political commentator Michael Crick and writer Oliver Burkeman, whose latest book is Meditation For Mortals, plus the philosopher Maximillian De Gaynesford. And, as Radio 4 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russell Hoban with a reading of his novel Turtle Diary as Book At Bedtime, writer Sonia Overall discusses his work. Producer: Luke Mulhall

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Episode IX to XVI will be published on Jan 20th.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language.The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Adapted from Wikipedia.) This is a collaborative reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this week's episode of The Rabbit Hole Detectives, Cat, Richard, and Charles are back to chase the provenance of historical objects both real and metaphorical.   Today, Richard is riding the rails as he covers Train Announcements, is Cat's win written in the stars with her topic, the Zodiac? And finally, no jokes please, Charles covers Fanny Burney.  Remember, if you'd like to suggest a rabbit hole for us to fall down you can email us at: rabbitholedetectives@gmail.com  Plus, our book, The Rabbit Hole Book, is out now and available from all good book shops! To get an exclusive NordVPN deal, head to https://nordvpn.com/rabbithole to get an extra 4 months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

À l'occasion d'Octobre Rose, redécouvrez l'histoire de la femme qui s'est fait retirer un sein sans anesthésie !Auteure britannique aujourd'hui oubliée, Frances Burney gagne pourtant à être connue. Atteinte d'un cancer du sein au tournant du XIXe siècle, elle raconte sa terrible opération dans une lettre à sa sœur : une ablation totale du sein malade, sans anesthésie. Découvre l'histoire de cette romancière de talent, incisive et engagée, dans Chasseurs de Science.

The literary club var en samling av framstående intellektuella män i 1700-talets London med Samuel Johnson i spetsen. Gabriella Håkansson reflekterar över denna klubb och över kvinnorna utanför den. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Den här essän publicerades första gången 2020.Året är 1773 och i ett separat rum på värdshuset The Turks Head Inn i London, har tolv män samlats för att dricka sprit och diskutera politik. Det har de gjort varje fredag i nio års tid, och det ska de komma att göra varje fredag så länge de lever. I centrum för gruppen står skriftställaren Samuel Johnson, som har publicerat en Ordlista över engelska språket och en utgåva av Shakespeares samlade verk. Gruppen kallar sig för The Literary Club, eller bara The Club. Klubben.För att bli medlem måste man enhälligt bli invald och besitta stora kunskaper i något viktigt ämne. Kanske var Johnson inspirerad av de franska upplysningsfilosoferna när han satte samman sin klubb, de som menade att sanningen om världen endast gick att få när all kunskap var samlad, så att man kunde se de stora sammanhangen.Runt sig samlade Johnson de främsta inom varje konstart – där fanns skådespelaren David Garrick, konstnären Joshua Reynolds, filosofen Edmund Burke, nationalekonomen Adam Smith, historikern Edward Gibbon, vetenskapsmannen Joseph Banks - och inte minst författaren James Boswell. Med tiden skulle det bli många, många fler, och det har sagts att det aldrig i historisk tid har samlats så många genier runt ett och samma bordAtt vi känner till Klubben så i detalj har vi främst James Boswell att tacka för.Den unge Boswell dyrkade Johnson som en gud och gjorde till sin livsuppgift att skriva hans biografi. Medan Johnson ännu levde lade Boswell åratal på att samla in brev, manus och göra intervjuer med alla som haft med honom att göra. I sitt ikoniska flerbandsverk ”Johnsons liv” återger han verkliga möten i dialogform, och ger ögonblicksbilder nedskrivna på plats. Boken betraktas som ett unikt tidsdokument, och lägger hela grunden för Johnsons framtida berömmelse. Den kommer också att bilda skola i hur litterära män ska förhålla sig till varandra. Den yngre som vill göra karriär skriver en hyllande biografi över den äldre.Eftersom Boswell knappt nämner några kvinnor i sin bok så kan man tro att hela det sena 1700-talets litterära elit, precis som Klubben, var enkönad. Men ny forskning visar att det faktiskt var precis tvärtom. Skriftställeriet var nästan det enda yrke som stod öppet för överklassens kvinnor, som formligen vällde in och kom att dominera både som författare, översättare och dramatiker. Vissa siffror pekar på att så många som sjuttiofem procent av alla romaner skrevs av kvinnor, ja, att det överhuvudtaget inte går att förstå romanens framväxt utan ett kvinnoperspektiv. Kvinnor köpte och läste så mycket böcker att bokmarknaden faktiskt formades efter dem och deras smak - en smak som i sin tur färgades av alla de frihetsinskränkningar som kvinnor hade börjat utsättas för.Andra halvan av 1700-talet var en epok när synen på könen förändrades drastiskt. Innan hade feminina och maskulina egenskaper fått ta plats hos båda könen – men ju mer man närmade sig 1800-talet, desto mer skulle män vara män, och kvinnor, kvinnor. De flesta yrken var som sagt stängda för kvinnor, och det var också universiteten, kyrkan och hela statsapparaten, och efterhand som de här konstruerade könsskillnaderna växte fram så blev det inte längre naturligt för välbeställda kvinnor att vistas i det offentliga rummet. Att promenera i staden var opassande, att gå på kaffehus helt otänkbart. Men även att tala med hög röst ansågs nu okvinnligt, liksom att kritisera en man eller publikt visa vrede. Femininiteten tog sig uttryck i passivitet och undergivenhet, medan maskuliniteten manifestades genom aktivitet och framåtanda – mäns romaner skildrade stadens framväxt och de stora samhällsfrågorna, medan kvinnor skrev om det lilla livet och allt som hände i den sociala sfären.I den här kontexten förstår man hur otänkbart det var att kvinnor skulle kunna delta i de högljudda diskussionerna på Klubben.Det förklarar ändå inte varför Boswell och andra författare så sällan nämner de kvinnor som faktiskt dominerade den litterära sfären i London. Träffades de aldrig?Jo, de gjorde de. Varje torsdag gick Samuel Johnson till Hester Thrale som i sitt hem drev en slags skuggklubb till den litterära fredagsklubben, en salong där den kvinnliga intelligentsian dominerade. Där var Elisabet Montagu och Fanny Burney och alla de andra kvinnliga författarna och översättarna som utgjorde kulturlivet i London, och som ofta också arbetade politiskt inom antislaverirörelsen eller för kvinnors rätt till högre utbildning.På grund av sina alkoholproblem blev Boswell sällan inbjuden till Hester och han var omvittnat avundsjuk på att idolen Johnson föredrog sina kvinnliga författarvänner framför honom. Men att Boswell inte nämner några kvinnor i sina böcker behöver inte grunda sig i hans avundsjuka och misogyni. Kvinnor tilläts ju inte verka i det offentliga och kunde inte skriva om de ämnen som gav tyngd i den kritiska debatten. Därför kom de heller inte riktigt att räknas. Som i ett retuscherat fotografi så framträder bara männen i historieskrivningen från den här epoken.Det skulle dröja ända till 1950-talet innan man publicerade James Boswells privata dagbok, och insåg att han inte var en så pålitlig tidsskildrare som man hade trott. Dagboken blev en skandal inte minst för att Boswell så detaljerat skildrar sin sexualdrift. Vid ett tillfälle blir han så exalterad av att prata litteratur med Johnson på Klubben, att han måste rusa ut och köpa sex av en prostituerad stående. Vid andra tillfällen kunde han tvinga sig till sex eller våldta de prostituerade som ratade honom. När man dessutom räknade på hur många dagar Boswell träffat Johnson under deras tjugoåriga vänskap, inser man att de varken umgicks eller gillade varandra särskilt mycket. Deras beryktade vänskap var snarare en litterär konstruktion.Litteraturforskarna började också förstå att såväl Boswell som Johnson led av svår psykisk sjukdom, antagligen bipolaritet, och i Johnsons fall även Tourettes syndrom med tvångstankar. Båda försökte förtvivlat bekämpa sina sjukdomar med alla medel som stod till buds: de förde dagbok, drog upp stränga livsplaner, gick dygnslånga stadspromenader och odlade nära vänskap med andra män. Men det hjälpte inte, och faktum är att hela iden till Klubben uppstod för att rädda Johnson ur en livshotande depression. Klubblivet blev den ram som höll sjukdomen i schack, och det var inte bara för honom som det här umgänget fick livsavgörande betydelse. Snarare än att se det som en diskussionsklubb för Englands mest lärda män, kanske man ska se Klubben som ett homosocialt rum där kontinuiteten, lojaliteten och den starka vänskapen hjälpte till att lyfta en Adam Smith och David Garrick till berömmelse. Merparten av medlemmarna hörde ju till den nya medelklassen som varken kunde räkna med privilegier eller stipendier från krona och stat. De hade bara varandra, och det verkar som att de hjälptes åt genom att diskutera idéer, låna pengar till publicering och stötta i djupa livskriser. I ett modernt perspektiv skulle man kunna säga att myten om det manliga geniet och konstituerandet av en manlig kanon, i själva verket var frukten av en sorts terapi i en manlig självhjälpsgrupp.Idag har forskningen fullt sjå med att skriva tillbaka alla de kvinnor som retuscherades ur historien, och som alternativ till Boswells tillrättalagda och romantiserade skildring av Samuel Johnsons liv och verk, så anlitar man både Fanny Burneys och Hester Thrales dagböcker för att förstå vad som egentligen hände på, och runt, den berömda Klubben.Historien är fortfarande långt ifrån färdigskriven.Gabriella Håkansson, författareLitteraturLeo Damrosch – The Club. Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends who Shaped an age. Yale University Press, 2019.Jane Spencer ­– The Rise of the Woman Novelist. From Aphra Behn to Jane Austen. Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1986.James Boswell – Samuel Johnsons liv I-IV, översatt och redigerad av Harald Heyman, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1924-1930.James Boswell – Dagbok i London 1762-1763, utgiven av Frederick A. Pottle, översatt av Anders Byttner, Natur och Kultur, 1951.Ruth Halldén – Vid romanens rötter, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1997.Nancy Armstrong – Desire and Domestic Fiction. A Political History of the Novel. Oxford University Press, 1987.Debating the Canon. A Reader from Addison to Nafisi, edited by Lee Morrissey. Palgrave McMillan, 2005.

Auteure britannique aujourd'hui oubliée, Frances Burney gagne pourtant à être connue. Atteinte d'un cancer du sein au tournant du XIXe siècle, elle raconte sa terrible opération dans une lettre à sa sœur : une ablation totale du sein malade, sans anesthésie. Découvre l'histoire de cette romancière de talent, incisive et engagée, dans Chasseurs de Science.

Septiembre 1. Tom Jones – Henry Fielding 2. Fanny Hill: Memorias de una cortesana – John Cleland 3. Peregrine Pickle – Tobias George Smollett 4. Cándido, o el optimismo – Voltaire 5. La historia de Rasselas, príncipe de Abisinia – Samuel Johnson 6. Julia, o la nueva Eloísa – Jea-Jacques Rousseau 7. Emilio, o de la educación – Jean-Jacques Rousseau 8. El castillo de Otranto - Horace Walpore 9. El vicario de Wakerfield – Oliver Goldsmith 10. Tristam Shandy – Laurence Sterne 11. Viaje sentimental por Francia e Italia – Laurence Sterne 12. The Man of Feeling – Henry Mackenzie 13. Humphry Clinker – Tobias George Smollett 14. Las penas del joven Werther – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 15. Evelina – Fanny Burney 16. Las ensoñaciones del paseante solitario – Jean-Jacques Rousseau 17. Las amistades peligrosas – Pierre Chonderlos de Laclos 18. Las confesiones – Jean-Jacques Rousseau 19. Las ciento veinte jornadas de Sodoma – Marqués de Sade 20. Anton Reiser – Karl Philipp Moritz 21. Vathek – William Beckford 22. Justine – Marqués de Sade 23. Sueño en el pabellón rojo – Cao Xueqin 24. Las aventuras de Caleb Williams – Williams Godwin 25. Narración de la vida de Olaudah Equiano – Olaudah Equiano 26. Los misterios de Udolfo – Ann Radcliffe 27. Los años de aprendizaje de Wilhelm Meister – Johann Wolfang von Goethe 28. El monje – M.G. Lewis 29. Camila – Fanny Burney --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irving-sun/message

Septiembre 1. Tom Jones – Henry Fielding 2. Fanny Hill: Memorias de una cortesana – John Cleland 3. Peregrine Pickle – Tobias George Smollett 4. Cándido, o el optimismo – Voltaire 5. La historia de Rasselas, príncipe de Abisinia – Samuel Johnson 6. Julia, o la nueva Eloísa – Jea-Jacques Rousseau 7. Emilio, o de la educación – Jean-Jacques Rousseau 8. El castillo de Otranto - Horace Walpore 9. El vicario de Wakerfield – Oliver Goldsmith 10. Tristam Shandy – Laurence Sterne 11. Viaje sentimental por Francia e Italia – Laurence Sterne 12. The Man of Feeling – Henry Mackenzie 13. Humphry Clinker – Tobias George Smollett 14. Las penas del joven Werther – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 15. Evelina – Fanny Burney --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irving-sun/message

This week, we're featuring an extraordinary playwright, novelist, diarist, and Keeper of the Robes - Fanny Burney! In addition to these titles, she can also be counted in: Jane Austen's inspirations and the woman who helped advance medical science by documenting her own mastectomy without anesthesia. You read that correctly - this woman was truly amazing! 

Venanzio Rauzzini, Fanny Burney, and Mr Foote are figures who come up in today's Free Thinking discussion as the hit period drama Bridgerton returns to Netflix for a second series and Shahidha Bari explores what kept the Georgians entertained, from a night at the opera to music lessons at home, strolls in the pleasure gardens, hot air balloons, chess playing Turks, and perhaps most of all - if Lady Whistledown is to be believed - gossip, intrigue, and scandal. Just what is it about the Georgians that we find so enduringly entertaining? Shahidha's guests are: musicologist Brianna Robertson-Kirkland who has written a new book about Venanzio Rauzzini, a scandal ridden Italian castrato revered by Mozart who fled the continent to become one of Georgian England's most celebrated singing teachers and a musical figurehead in the city of Bath. Writer and New Generation Thinker Sophie Coulombeau who has researched Georgian novelist Frances Burney and bluestocking socialite Mary Hamilton. Biographer, playwright and actor Ian Kelly who has played George III in his own play Mr Foote's Other Leg. And History Film Club podcast presenter Hannah Greig whose credits as a historical consultant in TV and film include The Duchess, Sanditon, and Bridgerton. Producer: Ruth Thomson Image: Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton Credit: Liam Daniel/Netflix You might also be interested in previous conversations on Free Thinking exploring Harlots and 18th-century working women https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rdfz Samuel Johnson's Circle https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vq3w The Value of Gossip https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fwfb 18th century crime and punishment https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040hysp

Our guest on this week's #SWYSI is renowned historian & biographer Andrew Roberts, author of a critically-acclaimed new biography of King George III. Britain's longest-reigning king, George III has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (W.E.H. Lecky, nineteenth century), 'one of England's most disastrous kings' (J.H. Plumb, twentieth century) and as the pompous monarch of the musical Hamilton (twenty-first century). Andrew Roberts's magnificent new biography takes entirely the opposite view. It portrays George as intelligent, benevolent, scrupulously devoted to the constitution of his country and (as head of government as well as head of state) navigating the turbulence of eighteenth-century politics with a strong sense of honour and duty. He was a devoted husband and family man, a great patron of the arts and sciences, keen to advance Britain's agricultural capacity ('Farmer George') and determined that her horizons should be global. He could be stubborn and self-righteous, but he was also brave, brushing aside numerous assassination attempts, galvanising his ministers and generals at moments of crisis and stoical in the face of his descent - five times during his life - into a horrifying loss of mind. The book gives a detailed, revisionist account of the American Revolutionary War, persuasively taking apart a significant proportion of the Declaration of Independence, which Roberts shows to be largely Jeffersonian propaganda. In a later war, he describes how George's support for William Pitt was crucial in the battle against Napoleon. And he makes a convincing, modern diagnosis of George's terrible malady, very different to the widely accepted medical view and to popular portrayals. Roberts writes, 'the people who knew George III best loved him the most', and that far from being a tyrant or incompetent, George III was one of our most admirable monarchs. The diarist Fanny Burney, who spent four years at his court and saw him often, wrote 'A noble sovereign this is, and when justice is done to him, he will be as such acknowledged'. In presenting this fresh view of Britain's most misunderstood monarch, George III shows one of Britain's premier historians at his sparkling best." For further info on the book please click here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/George-III-B... About the Author Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), Masters and Commanders (winner of the Emery Reves Award), The Storm of War (winner of the British Army Book Prize), Napoleon the Great (winner of the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon and the Los Angeles Times Biography Prize) and Leadership in War. His Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2018) was acclaimed as 'undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' (Sunday Times) and was a major bestseller in UK and USA. Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, and the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His website is www.andrew-roberts.net.

Before the discovery of ether anesthesia, surgery was an excruciating experience for patients, their loved ones and even the surgeons who performed the operations.In the 1840s, an important scientific breakthrough changed the course of medical history—the discovery of anesthesia. However, over several decades leading up to that historic discovery, the potential for less painful surgery existed without anyone managing to connect the dots between a series of scientific developments with nitrous oxide and the need for anesthesia in surgery. Those decades presented a stark missed opportunity for all surgery patients of the time, and a true conundrum affectionately known as “laughing gas.”In the prologue for season 3 of “Anesthesiology News presents The Etherist,” we delve into the decades-long conundrum of the coexistence of anesthesia—in the form of nitrous oxide and ether—and the continuation of painful surgery during the early 19th century.Episode 1 of The Etherist will be available on Oct. 16, 2021—175 years after the original demonstration of ether anesthesia, now known as Ether Day.Sponsored by Masimo and Medtronic.Suggested ReadingFenster JM. Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It. Perennial; 2002.Mets B. Leadership in Anaesthesia: Five Pioneers of the Deadly Quest for Surgical Insensibility. Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 2021.Mets B. Waking Up Safer?: An Anesthesiologist's Record. SilverWood Books; 2018.Snow SJ. Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How Anaethetics Changed the World. Oxford University Press; 2008.Sykes K, Bunker J. Anaesthesia and the Practice of Medicine: Historical Perspectives. 1st ed. CRC Press; 2007.Follow Us:Our WebsiteApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastFind Us on Social:TwitterFacebookLinkedInInstagram

In this episode, we read the final chapters of Sense and Sensibility. We talk about Elinor being the ‘moral spokesperson' for the book, why Marianne marries Colonel Brandon, how Edward is less dashing than both Willoughby and Brandon, the social and financial gap between Elinor and Marianne after their marriages, and Lucy's marriage to Robert. We also revisit the sense vs sensibility concept, and how the novel is both flawed and wonderful. We discuss the character of Elinor, then Ellen talks about art, music and writing, and Harriet takes a final look at the popular culture versions. Things we mention:References: Marjorie Theobauld, Knowing Women: Origins of Women's Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia (1996) Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen: A Life (1997)Robert Chapman [Editor], Jane Austen's Letters to her Sister Cassandra and Others (1969)Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women writers:Married/de factoMary Brunton (1778–1818): Self-Control (1810)Fanny Burney (1752–1840): Cecilia (1782 – written before she was married), Camilla (1796 – written after she was married) Anna Barbauld (1743–1825)Martha Sherwood (1775–1851): The Fairchild Family (1818)Mary Shelley (1797–1851)Margaret Gatty (1809–1873)Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)Anna Lefroy (1793–1872)George Eliot (1793–1872)  SingleCharlotte Brontë (1816–1855) Emily Brontë (1818–1848) Anne Brontë (1820–1849) Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849): Belinda (1801)Hannah More (1745–1833): Coelebs in Search of a Wife (1808) Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) Read more: Adaptations of the book, Modernisations of the book, Creative Commons music used.

She was admired by Dr. Johnson, revered by Jane Austen, and referred to as "the mother of English fiction" by Virginia Woolf. In this episode, Jacke takes a look at the life and works of Frances Burney (1752-1840), author of the influential early novels Evelina (1778), Cecilia (1782), and Camilla (1796). Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Chelsea and V start at the very beginning of Anatomy and Physiology, discussing planes of the body and ranges of movement. There's a horrifying story about surgery from 1810 and Chelsea's very own Osteopathy tale.Content Warning: Occasional swearing, mentions of cancer and graphic descriptions of surgery.Follow us on socials:https://www.facebook.com/ttoospodcast/https://www.instagram.com/ttoospodcast/https://www.twitter.com/ttoospodcast/https://www.pinterest.com/ttoospodcast/Jingle Credit: Luke Hawker https://www.instagram.com/lukejhawker/ https://lukejohnhawker.bandcamp.com/

The literary club var en samling av framstående intellektuella män i 1700-talets London med Samuel Johnson i spetsen. Gabriella Håkansson reflekterar över denna klubb och över kvinnorna utanför den. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Året är 1773 och i ett separat rum på värdshuset The Turks Head Inn i London, har tolv män samlats för att dricka sprit och diskutera politik. Det har de gjort varje fredag i nio års tid, och det ska de komma att göra varje fredag så länge de lever. I centrum för gruppen står skriftställaren Samuel Johnson, som har publicerat en Ordlista över engelska språket och en utgåva av Shakespeares samlade verk. Gruppen kallar sig för The Literary Club, eller bara The Club. Klubben. För att bli medlem måste man enhälligt bli invald och besitta stora kunskaper i något viktigt ämne. Kanske var Johnson inspirerad av de franska upplysningsfilosoferna när han satte samman sin klubb, de som menade att sanningen om världen endast gick att få när all kunskap var samlad, så att man kunde se de stora sammanhangen. Runt sig samlade Johnson de främsta inom varje konstart där fanns skådespelaren David Garrick, konstnären Joshua Reynolds, filosofen Edmund Burke, nationalekonomen Adam Smith, historikern Edward Gibbon, vetenskapsmannen Joseph Banks - och inte minst författaren James Boswell. Med tiden skulle det bli många, många fler, och det har sagts att det aldrig i historisk tid har samlats så många genier runt ett och samma bord Att vi känner till Klubben så i detalj har vi främst James Boswell att tacka för. Den unge Boswell dyrkade Johnson som en gud och gjorde till sin livsuppgift att skriva hans biografi. Medan Johnson ännu levde lade Boswell åratal på att samla in brev, manus och göra intervjuer med alla som haft med honom att göra. I sitt ikoniska flerbandsverk Johnsons liv återger han verkliga möten i dialogform, och ger ögonblicksbilder nedskrivna på plats. Boken betraktas som ett unikt tidsdokument, och lägger hela grunden för Johnsons framtida berömmelse. Den kommer också att bilda skola i hur litterära män ska förhålla sig till varandra. Den yngre som vill göra karriär skriver en hyllande biografi över den äldre. Eftersom Boswell knappt nämner några kvinnor i sin bok så kan man tro att hela det sena 1700-talets litterära elit, precis som Klubben, var enkönad. Men ny forskning visar att det faktiskt var precis tvärtom. Skriftställeriet var nästan det enda yrke som stod öppet för överklassens kvinnor, som formligen vällde in och kom att dominera både som författare, översättare och dramatiker. Vissa siffror pekar på att så många som sjuttiofem procent av alla romaner skrevs av kvinnor, ja, att det överhuvudtaget inte går att förstå romanens framväxt utan ett kvinnoperspektiv. Kvinnor köpte och läste så mycket böcker att bokmarknaden faktiskt formades efter dem och deras smak - en smak som i sin tur färgades av alla de frihetsinskränkningar som kvinnor hade börjat utsättas för. Andra halvan av 1700-talet var en epok när synen på könen förändrades drastiskt. Innan hade feminina och maskulina egenskaper fått ta plats hos båda könen men ju mer man närmade sig 1800-talet, desto mer skulle män vara män, och kvinnor, kvinnor. De flesta yrken var som sagt stängda för kvinnor, och det var också universiteten, kyrkan och hela statsapparaten, och efterhand som de här konstruerade könsskillnaderna växte fram så blev det inte längre naturligt för välbeställda kvinnor att vistas i det offentliga rummet. Att promenera i staden var opassande, att gå på kaffehus helt otänkbart. Men även att tala med hög röst ansågs nu okvinnligt, liksom att kritisera en man eller publikt visa vrede. Femininiteten tog sig uttryck i passivitet och undergivenhet, medan maskuliniteten manifestades genom aktivitet och framåtanda mäns romaner skildrade stadens framväxt och de stora samhällsfrågorna, medan kvinnor skrev om det lilla livet och allt som hände i den sociala sfären. I den här kontexten förstår man hur otänkbart det var att kvinnor skulle kunna delta i de högljudda diskussionerna på Klubben. Det förklarar ändå inte varför Boswell och andra författare så sällan nämner de kvinnor som faktiskt dominerade den litterära sfären i London. Träffades de aldrig? Jo, de gjorde de. Varje torsdag gick Samuel Johnson till Hester Thrale som i sitt hem drev en slags skuggklubb till den litterära fredagsklubben, en salong där den kvinnliga intelligentsian dominerade. Där var Elisabet Montagu och Fanny Burney och alla de andra kvinnliga författarna och översättarna som utgjorde kulturlivet i London, och som ofta också arbetade politiskt inom antislaverirörelsen eller för kvinnors rätt till högre utbildning. På grund av sina alkoholproblem blev Boswell sällan inbjuden till Hester och han var omvittnat avundsjuk på att idolen Johnson föredrog sina kvinnliga författarvänner framför honom. Men att Boswell inte nämner några kvinnor i sina böcker behöver inte grunda sig i hans avundsjuka och misogyni. Kvinnor tilläts ju inte verka i det offentliga och kunde inte skriva om de ämnen som gav tyngd i den kritiska debatten. Därför kom de heller inte riktigt att räknas. Som i ett retuscherat fotografi så framträder bara männen i historieskrivningen från den här epoken. Det skulle dröja ända till 1950-talet innan man publicerade James Boswells privata dagbok, och insåg att han inte var en så pålitlig tidsskildrare som man hade trott. Dagboken blev en skandal inte minst för att Boswell så detaljerat skildrar sin sexualdrift. Vid ett tillfälle blir han så exalterad av att prata litteratur med Johnson på Klubben, att han måste rusa ut och köpa sex av en prostituerad stående. Vid andra tillfällen kunde han tvinga sig till sex eller våldta de prostituerade som ratade honom. När man dessutom räknade på hur många dagar Boswell träffat Johnson under deras tjugoåriga vänskap, inser man att de varken umgicks eller gillade varandra särskilt mycket. Deras beryktade vänskap var snarare en litterär konstruktion. Litteraturforskarna började också förstå att såväl Boswell som Johnson led av svår psykisk sjukdom, antagligen bipolaritet, och i Johnsons fall även Tourettes syndrom med tvångstankar. Båda försökte förtvivlat bekämpa sina sjukdomar med alla medel som stod till buds: de förde dagbok, drog upp stränga livsplaner, gick dygnslånga stadspromenader och odlade nära vänskap med andra män. Men det hjälpte inte, och faktum är att hela iden till Klubben uppstod för att rädda Johnson ur en livshotande depression. Klubblivet blev den ram som höll sjukdomen i schack, och det var inte bara för honom som det här umgänget fick livsavgörande betydelse. Snarare än att se det som en diskussionsklubb för Englands mest lärda män, kanske man ska se Klubben som ett homosocialt rum där kontinuiteten, lojaliteten och den starka vänskapen hjälpte till att lyfta en Adam Smith och David Garrick till berömmelse. Merparten av medlemmarna hörde ju till den nya medelklassen som varken kunde räkna med privilegier eller stipendier från krona och stat. De hade bara varandra, och det verkar som att de hjälptes åt genom att diskutera idéer, låna pengar till publicering och stötta i djupa livskriser. I ett modernt perspektiv skulle man kunna säga att myten om det manliga geniet och konstituerandet av en manlig kanon, i själva verket var frukten av en sorts terapi i en manlig självhjälpsgrupp. Idag har forskningen fullt sjå med att skriva tillbaka alla de kvinnor som retuscherades ur historien, och som alternativ till Boswells tillrättalagda och romantiserade skildring av Samuel Johnsons liv och verk, så anlitar man både Fanny Burneys och Hester Thrales dagböcker för att förstå vad som egentligen hände på, och runt, den berömda Klubben. Historien är fortfarande långt ifrån färdigskriven. Gabriella Håkansson, författare Litteratur Leo Damrosch The Club. Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends who Shaped an age. Yale University Press, 2019. Jane Spencer ­ The Rise of the Woman Novelist. From Aphra Behn to Jane Austen. Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1986. James Boswell  Samuel Johnsons liv I-IV, översatt och redigerad av Harald Heyman, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1924-1930. James Boswell Dagbok i London 1762-1763, utgiven av Frederick A. Pottle, översatt av Anders Byttner, Natur och Kultur, 1951. Ruth Halldén Vid romanens rötter, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1997. Nancy Armstrong Desire and Domestic Fiction. A Political History of the Novel. Oxford University Press, 1987. Debating the Canon. A Reader from Addison to Nafisi, edited by Lee Morrissey. Palgrave McMillan, 2005.

This episode looks at the Jane Austen and Fanny Burney and how scholars like to draw links between Pride and Prejudice and Cecilia. 

This week, Henry Hitchings discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Theatre 503 www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/Theatre503 Germany as a tourist destination www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/germany/articles/reasons-why-we-love-germany/ Etivaz cheese www.cheesesfromswitzerland.com/cheese-assortment/letivaz-aop.html Fanny Burney www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3zjk OV Wright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmS2Te06do Hans Baldung Grien https://art.famsf.org/hans-baldung-hans-baldung-grien This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

We introduce ourselves with books. We discuss Book Bingo and all its glorious nerdiness. And we discuss a legacy written in a long letter to his son.Show Notes Gilead on Goodreads and Amazon Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery on Amazon and Goodreads Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White on Amazon and Goodreads Bonk by Mary Roach on Amazon and Goodreads Book Bingo board Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth on Amazon and Goodreads Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard on Goodreads Vampire Diaries by L.J Smith on Goodreads The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman on Amazon and Goodreads What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander on Amazon and Goodreads The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank on Amazon and Goodreads T. S. Eliot Collected Poems by T. S. Eliot on Amazon Evelina by Fanny Burney on Amazon and Goodreads The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros on Amazon and Goodreads Eclectic Readers on Goodreads Next Month’s Book The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton on Amazon and Goodreads

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the 18th-century novelist, playwright and diarist Fanny Burney, also known as Madame D'Arblay and Frances Burney. Her first novel, Evelina, was published anonymously and caused a sensation, attracting the admiration of many eminent contemporaries. In an era when very few women published their work she achieved extraordinary success, and her admirers included Dr Johnson and Edmund Burke; later Virginia Woolf called her 'the mother of English fiction'. With Nicole Pohl Reader in English Literature at Oxford Brookes University Judith Hawley Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London and John Mullan Professor of English at University College London. Producer: Simon Tillotson.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the 18th-century novelist, playwright and diarist Fanny Burney, also known as Madame D'Arblay and Frances Burney. Her first novel, Evelina, was published anonymously and caused a sensation, attracting the admiration of many eminent contemporaries. In an era when very few women published their work she achieved extraordinary success, and her admirers included Dr Johnson and Edmund Burke; later Virginia Woolf called her 'the mother of English fiction'. With Nicole Pohl Reader in English Literature at Oxford Brookes University Judith Hawley Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London and John Mullan Professor of English at University College London. Producer: Simon Tillotson.