Episode 11: Becoming Brontë




Penguin Classics On Air show

Summary: Episode description: Elda Rotor talks with Sheila Kohler, author of the novel Becoming Jane Eyre about how the story of the Brontë sisters–Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, and their best known works–Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey inspired her beautifully imagined tale, and with scholar Juliette Wells about teaching the classic works by the Brontë sisters. Alan Walker, head of academic marketing, talks about My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin, a novel about growing up in the Australian bush.