Sep 11, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
As a special bonus this week, Vanessa is joined by fantasy writer Paula Lafferty to draw comparisons between Persuasion and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Vanessa and…
Paula LaffertyGuestYou know, we did a season of Hot and Bothered about Jane Eyre and Lauren Sandler, my co-host, really pointed out that the thesis of Jane Eyre is I resisted all the way, which is the first line of chapter two.
And I really love the reading of Jane Eyre, that it's actually just like tracking all the moments that Jane resists and And that there's like a period where you skip eight years, actually.
And there's eight years of persuasion that's like missing where she and says no. That's so interesting.
And so I think that there's something really interesting about that where these women make a big decision and like eight years go by and we sort of pick up with them again and they're like re-finding themselves.
I mean, that's the core of like what I go into books, movies, all of the fandoms in general feeling of like, where can I draw from this? Where can I learn? Where can I grow? Where can I find something that resonates for myself? I love that about the eight missing years pieces.
You know, we did a season of Hot and Bothered about Jane Eyre and Lauren Sandler, my co-host, really pointed out that the thesis of Jane Eyre is I resisted all the way, which is the first line of chapter two.
And I really love the reading of Jane Eyre, that it's actually just like tracking all the moments that Jane resists and And that there's like a period where you skip eight years, actually.
And there's eight years of persuasion that's like missing where she and says no. That's so interesting.
And so I think that there's something really interesting about that where these women make a big decision and like eight years go by and we sort of pick up with them again and they're like re-finding themselves.
I mean, that's the core of like what I go into books, movies, all of the fandoms in general feeling of like, where can I draw from this? Where can I learn? Where can I grow? Where can I find something that resonates for myself? I love that about the eight missing years pieces.
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