The Sunday Debate: Austen vs Bronte
b"Jane Austen created the definitive picture of Georgian England. No writer matches Austen\\u2019s sensitive ear for the hypocrisy and irony lurking beneath the genteel conversation. That\\u2019s the argument of the Janeites, but to the aficionados of Emily Bront\\xeb they are the misguided worshippers of a circumscribed mind. In Wuthering Heights, Bront\\xeb dispensed with Austen\\u2019s niceties and the upper-middle class drawing rooms of Bath and the home counties. Her backdrop is the savage Yorkshire moors, her subject the all-consuming passions of the heart. To help you decide who should be crowned queen of English letters we have the lined up the best advocates to make the case for each writer. In this event, chaired by author and critic Erica Wagner, we invited guests including author Kate Mosse, Professor and author John Mullan, and actors Mariah Gale, Samuel West and Dominic West, to discuss each writer's influence.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"