E101 - Jane Eyre Pt 2
1h 13m | Oct 20, 2026What do the Brontës, BDSM, and Bertha have in common? Annabel unpacks it in Jane Eyre Part 2! Romy gets jealous of Dracula's abs.
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Links mentioned in the episode here:
- “A New Servitude”: Exploring Dominance and Submission in Jane Eyre through BDSM
- The Sexual Politics of Jane Eyre: Representations of Fear and the Construction of Text in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre,
- Charlotte Bronte and Her Famous Heroine Jane Eyre Were Once the Talk of Texas. Now the Novel is Banned by Some of the State’s Public Schools
- The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
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Paperback Pleasures is a podcast dedicated to de-stigmatizing romance literature and sexuality of all kinds. In each episode, lifelong best friends Romy and Annabel take turns highlighting romance novels, unpacking a genre historically underestimated due mainly to its link with female pleasure. We're here to celebrate one of the most underrated genres in literature. Let's talk romance!
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