Have you ever wondered what inspired your favorite classic novelist to write their stories? What was happening in their lives to inspire their famous works? What was happening in the world at the time that they wrote those stories you love?
Join Host Bree Carlile while she helps to answer some of the questions you have always had about your favorite classic novelists.
For the next few weeks we will talk about the life of Jane Austen. What inspired her to write Emma? What else was happening in the world at the time?
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Welcome to Bite at a Time Books Behind the Story, where we answer the.
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Questions you have about your favorite classic authors.
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What inspired your favorite author to write their novels?
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What was going on in the world at the time?
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Follow along with us as we tell.
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You what was happening in the world.
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While your favorite authors wrote your favorite classics.
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My name is Brie Carlyle and I love to read and wanted to share.
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My passion with listeners like you.
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All of the links for our show.
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Are in the Show Notes.
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Today we will be talking about Brunswick.
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Square, one of the locations that helped.
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To inspire some of the locations in Emma, Brunswick Square is a three acre public garden and ancillary streets along two of its sides in Bloomsbury in the London borough of Camden.
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It is overlooked by the School of.
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Pharmacy and the Foundling Museum.
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To the north, the Brunswick Center to.
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The west and International Hall, a hall.
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Of residence at the University of London.
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To the South East is an enclosed.
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Area of playgrounds with further trees.
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Quorum's Fields associated with Charity Quorum family.
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Which is just over double its size.
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Next to that area, Brunswick Square is.
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Mirrored symmetrically by Mecklenburg Square.
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Likewise of three acres, including roads.
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The squares are named after contemporary Queen.
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Consort, the wife of George III and.
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The wife of his eldest son, George IV.
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Bloomsbury is notable for its garden squares, literary connections, and numerous cultural, educational, and healthcare institutions.
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Mecklenburg Square is a matching square to.
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The east, covering three acres between the two.
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East of this square is an enclosed.
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Area of playgrounds with further trees.
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Quorums Fields Associated with Charity Quorum family, which occupies just over seven acres.
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Russell Square is the nearest tube station to the southwest.
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Brunswick Square and Mecklenburg Square and Quorum's.
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Fields are jointly listed Grade Two on.
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The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
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What is now the square, apart from the longer of the two roads, bounding.
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It and sharing its name, which is older, including the nearer part of buildings facing it, was originally part of the grounds of the Foundling Hospital.
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It was planned to be leased for.
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House building along with Mecklenburg Square to raise funds for the hospital.
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In 1790.
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Brunswick Square, named after Caroline of Brunswick.
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Was finished, first being built by James.
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Burton in 1795 to 18 two.
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None of the original houses remain.
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The bronze sculpture of a child's Mitten.
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By Tracy E.
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Man sits on top.
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Of one of the railings outside the.
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Foundling Museum in Jane Austen's.
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Emma, John and Isabella Knightley live in Brunswick Square.
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John Ruskin was born at 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square in 1819.
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The Minerva Club was founded here by Dr.
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Elizabeth Knight and Alice Greene.
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In 1920, the club was used for Women's Freedom League meetings and as a hostel for suffrage activists and fundraising annual.
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Birthday parties for Charlotte.
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Despair Despard traveled from Ireland each year to attend the writer E.
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M.
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Forster.
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Used 26 Brunswick Square as his London base from 1930 to 1939.
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Thank you for joining Bite at a Time Books Behind the Story Today while we answered some of the questions you have about one of your favorite classic.
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Authors, all of the links for our.
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Show are in the show notes.
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Our show is part of the Bike At a Time Books Productions Network.
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If you would also like to hear a story by the author we are.
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Currently featuring, check out the Bite At a Time Books podcast.
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Wherever you listen to podcasts right now we are reading Emma again.
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My name is Brie Carlyle and I hope you come back next week when we answer more questions about one of.
