

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
2025-05-26 · 57 min / episode · ★ 6.0
An immersive look at how a young woman from a small village in 18th-century England became one of the UK's best-loved novelists.
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Juliet StevensonSelf - Narrator
Emöke ZsigmondJane Austen
Jakab BalázsHenry
Adél JordánEliza
Samuel WestSelf
Tamsin GreigSelf
Colm TóibínSelf
András KorcsmárosJames Stanier Clark
Klára SpilákMrs Austen
Helen FieldingSelf
Greg WiseSelf
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