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Published anonymously six years prior to Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park—yet largely ignored for two centuries—the Regency-era epistolary novel The Woman of Colour: A Tale is the only one of its kind to feature a racially-conscious Black heroine at its center. Dr. Leigh-Michil George, a lecturer in the English Department at Geffen Academy at UCLA, joins us to discuss the novel and its historical importance as well as its influence on Regency-era television adaptations of Sanditon and Bridgerton.

Discussed in this episode:

The Woman of Colour: A Tale by Anonymous (Broadview Press)

Dr. Leigh-Michil George

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Sanditon (PBS)

Bridgerton (Netflix)

Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn

Sanditon by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Elizabeth Bennett

Caroline Bingley

Netherfield Park

Jamaica

“Black People in Britain During the Regency” (National Portrait Gallery)

“The Abolition of Slavery in Britain” (Historic UK)

Olivia Carpenter (University of York)

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Published anonymously six years prior to Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park—yet largely ignored for two centuries—the Regency-era epistolary novel The Woman of Colour: A Tale is the only one of its kind to feature a racially-conscious Black heroine at its center. Dr. Leigh-Michil George, a lecturer in the English Department at Geffen Academy at UCLA, joins us to discuss the novel and its historical importance as well as its influence on Regency-era television adaptations of Sanditon and Bridgerton.

Discussed in this episode:

The Woman of Colour: A Tale by Anonymous (Broadview Press)

Dr. Leigh-Michil George

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Sanditon (PBS)

Bridgerton (Netflix)

Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn

Sanditon by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Elizabeth Bennett

Caroline Bingley

Netherfield Park

Jamaica

“Black People in Britain During the Regency” (National Portrait Gallery)

“The Abolition of Slavery in Britain” (Historic UK)

Olivia Carpenter (University of York)

Support the Show.

For episodes and show notes, visit:

LostLadiesofLit.com
Discuss episodes on our
Facebook Forum.

Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit.

Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew.

Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com

Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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