Austen After Dark

Here's a taste of this limited-series that explores the erotic side of the Regency era. Open your mind and let your quills quiver at what could have gone down behind closed doors between the middle and upper classes. Join Dr. Alice Nagle and a host of celebrity guests to uncover more. Get up close with Austen after Dark! Follow us on Instagram www.instagram.com/austenafterdark

To set us up for our horny close reading of Jane Austen we’re getting some historical context, and welcoming historian Dr Robyn Atcheson as our first guest to Sploosham Abbey. How were people doing sex in Georgian Britain? What would Jane Austen have known about it? And what rules should we set when thinking about her characters getting it on?

Y'all, Jake Philips, AKA The Cultured Bumpkin, has flown all the way from Mississippi to join us at Sploosham Abbey for a chat about SENSE & SENSIBILITY.Is Colonel Brandon Austen's most skilled lover?What happens when Lucy Steele finally snares her man?What's really going down at an evening party with the Middletons?Find Jake at @theculturedbumpkin and the Jane Austen, Y'all podcast!

It’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE day and Sploosham Abbey has been graced with a visit from comedy duo Amy Greaves and Christian Brighty. How generous is Mr Bingley?Is Charlotte satisfied as Mrs Collins?Does Mrs Bennet ever get to sooth her poor nerves?

It’s time for some scandal and sensible walks at Mansfield Park! Author and comedian Eleanor Morton is here at Sploosham Abbey to help us sort through the amorous chaos. Is it possible Edmund is hot?Did Mr Yates have ulterior motives for flirting with Julia?Will Fanny ever truly get to enjoy hers?

She’s witty, she’s handsome, she’s rich, and she wants everyone around her to get it on: it’s EMMA!Did Mr Woodhouse used to have a wild side?Is Emma a chaotic bisexual?Who holds the riding crop in the Knightley household?

Hang onto the reins of your gig! We’re taking a ride to the sexy side of Northanger Abbey with Kimberly Marsh — cohost of the podcast Fetch the Smelling Salts, and Sploosham Abbey’s resident tartlet. Is Henry Tilney bi? (Yeah of course he’s bi.)What made Isabella think she was as good as engaged to Captain Tilney?How will Catherine grow into her goth girl power as Mrs Tilney?

We’re half agony, half horniness because the time has finally come to talk about Persuasion! Ashling Sugrue is at Sploosham Abbey and she’s brought her fervour for the Navy (and a camel).What’s the secret to Admiral and Mrs Croft’s great marriage?Was Mrs Clay really after Sir Walter, or did she have eyes for another Elliot?What does Anne do with all her pent up rage?