Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - At Home with Jane Austen (Premium)

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hi, Thomas here. You're listening to a preview episode. You can enjoy the entire story tonight by subscribing to our supporters' feed. There you'll get access to the entire back catalogue, bonus episodes, and more, and it's all completely ad-free. Click the link below to learn more and thank you so so much. Me and the team really appreciate your support. The year is 1813 and in many ways it's a fascinating time to be alive. England is at the tail end of King George III's reign. His declining condition has left his son George, formerly ruling under the title of Prince Regent since 1811. History will determine these years the Regency period characterized by exciting developments

Starting point is 00:01:19 in art and architecture, politics, fashion and literature. It's a time of change within society and for the upper classes, a period of refinement and culture, and many renaissance of sorts. A many renaissance of sorts. It's also the age of Jane Austen, the beloved writer whose humour, wit and biting social commentary will long outlast Regency Britain. her novel will be lauded for their romantic realism and strong female characters producing loyal fans for centuries to come. Her words will inspire prequels, sequels, imitations and adaptations from the stage to the silver screen. It's quite the legacy for the daughter of a village director.

Starting point is 00:02:39 Let's join her now at her home in the picturesque village of Chauten, Ampsha, in southeast England. It's a perfect summer's morning, neither too warm nor too cool. The sky is a bright, flawless blue, crowned with a golden sun. Its casts are soothing glow over everything beneath it, including our writer, who is taking a quiet stroll around the vast cottage garden. Jane's appearance is much like he might expect from an English rose of the early 1800s. Her cheeks are blush pink, the same rosy hue as her lip. The dainty features of her face, a framed by wringlets of chocolatey brown curls at the

Starting point is 00:03:54 front, and the rest of her hair is pinned up into a stylish, shinyon or loose bun. She wears a full length, regency style dress, drawn in under the chest and loose and flowing beneath it. It's a relatively plain ensemble in many ways similar to a nightgown. The white cotton fabric looks soft and comfortable. The only jewelry on display is a turquoise and gold ring worn His attack was engoled to ring, worn on James' right hand, and the delicate cross of Topaz and Gorg that decorates her neckline. Her sister Cassandra has the same necklace, and like Jane wears it each and every day. The necklace has sentimental value, being a gift from their brother Charles, who purchased it with price money he earned in the Royal Navy,

Starting point is 00:05:20 and it's a beautiful piece, adding a touch of classic elegance for the author's appearance. In fact, dressed as she is, and with movement so measured and graceful, one might easily mistake her for a character from one of her novels. Those close to her will say that writing has been Jane's dearest pleasure since childhood when she began entertaining her family with readings of her work. By the age of seventeen she had resolved to make a career of it, though unbeknownst to her it would be nearly two full decades before she would become a published author.

Starting point is 00:06:24 a published author.

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - At Home with Jane Austen (Premium)

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