Zero to Well-Read Podcast Transcripts
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Part book club, part English class, Zero to Well-Read is a fun and informative guide to the books people talk about like everyone has read them.
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
October 6, 2026
Jeff O'Neal (0:00)
This episode of Zero to Well-Read is sponsored by thriftbooks.com today. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
I don't know what to say about Jane Austen right here that we won't say in the show, but one thing that's great about Jane Austen is you can get a complete matching set, and it's pretty wieldy, and because it's in the public domain, there are all kinds to choose from. I'm looking at a bunch on thriftbooks.com where…
Rebecca Schinsky (1:13)
I'm Rebecca Schinsky. This week, we're diving into our first Jane Austen novel, first on the show, not our first ever, as Sense and Sensibility is heading back to theaters with a new adaptation starring Daisy Edgar Jones. Big day for us to finally get to Austen. I know a lot of folks were expecting it in the first…
Jeff O'Neal (1:30)
Yeah. I mean, listen, you're going to hear it. I saw your notes. You're going to hear it mine too. This is not the signal Austen. This is her first novel.
I do not have a lot of personal affection for this book. It doesn't sound like this is going to make the all time reads for you, but we're going to get into the Austen of it. But it is her first published novel. She published it when she was very young, either 19 or 21 because of reasons, which we'll get into. So…
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