Brit Lit Book Club

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Brit Lit Book Club

Vanessa

6 episodes

1 week ago

Episode 6: Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre - The Governess Who Changed Everything Discover why Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was more than just a Gothic romance—it was a revolutionary manifesto for women's equality disguised as a love story. In this episode of The Brit Lit Book Club, we explore how Charlotte Brontë created one of literature's most groundbreaking heroines: a plain, poor governess who demanded to be treated as an equal in Victorian England. Learn about the shocking publishing histo...

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Brit Lit Book Club

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre - The Governess Who Changed Everything

2 weeks ago

28 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

The Brontë Sisters - Growing Up Wild

The Brit Lit Book Club - Episode 5: The Brontë Sisters - Growing Up Wild Step into the windswept world of the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily, and Anne—three isolated children who transformed childhood fantasies into some of the most passionate and psychologically complex novels ever written. From the remote Yorkshire moors to literary immortality, discover how extreme isolation, family tragedy, and raw creative genius created Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Joi...

3 weeks ago

34 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice - Class, Marriage, and Money

The Brit Lit Book Club - Episode 4: Pride & Prejudice - Class, Marriage, and Money Forget Colin Firth emerging from that lake—this deep dive into Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice explores the revolutionary social commentary hidden beneath one of literature's most beloved romances. Join host Vanessa as she examines how Austen's masterpiece is really a brutally honest exploration of money, class, and economic survival in Regency England. Discover why Mrs. Bennet's husband-hunting isn't sha...

3 weeks ago

23 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Jane Austen - The Quiet Revolutionary

The Brit Lit Book Club - Episode 3: Jane Austen - The Quiet Revolutionary Discover the real Jane Austen in this deep dive into British literature's most beloved author. Join host Vanessa as she explores the life, works, and revolutionary impact of Jane Austen beyond the costume dramas and romantic comedies. What You'll Learn: Jane Austen's life in Regency England and Georgian societyWhy Austen was one of the most subversive writers in English literatureThe historical context of the Napoleonic...

1 month ago

22 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Romeo & Juliet - Love in Shakespeare's World

What this episode is about: Discover the shocking truth about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in this episode of The Brit Lit Book Club. What if the world's most famous love story isn't really about love at all? Join host Vanessa for a fascinating deep dive and literary analysis into the social forces, family expectations, and Elizabethan marriage politics that make this tragedy so much more complex (and relevant) than you remember from school. Explore how Shakespeare compressed the timeline t...

1 month ago

17 minutes

Brit Lit Book Club

Who Was Shakespeare Really?

Who Was Shakespeare Really? Uncover the mystery behind William Shakespeare in this captivating first episode of the Brit Lit Book Club. Who was the glove-maker's son from Stratford-upon-Avon who became the greatest writer in the English language? Host Vanessa Hunt explores the fascinating gaps in Shakespeare's biography, from his mysterious "lost years" to the controversial authorship question that has puzzled scholars for centuries. Discover why a man with no university education could writ...

1 month ago

15 minutes