Mariella Frostrup visits some of the UK’s most stunning landscapes to discover how they inspired some of the best loved female authors to create incredible works of fiction from Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights to Rebecca and Pride and Prejudice.
Mariella visits the areas that the Brontës, Jane Austen, Beatrix Potter and Daphne Du Maurier both loved and set their novels and stories in as she uncovers why these books that are loved all around the world, were not just the product of the authors that wrote them, but the times and places they lived in.
EPISODE ONE: JANE AUSTEN’S HAMPSHIRE
Mariella Frostrup explores Hampshire to discover how its distinctive landscape influenced Jane Austen when writing novels like Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility.
EPISODE TWO: DAPHNE DU MAURIER’S CORNWALL
Mariella Frostrup explores Cornwall to discover how its dramatic landscape inspired Daphne Du Maurier to create best sellers such as Rebecca and Jamaica Inn.
EPISODE THREE: BEATRIX POTTER’S LAKE DISTRICT
Mariella Frostrup heads to the Lake District to discover how its unique landscape inspired Beatrix Potter to create her world-famous animal stories.
EPISODE FOUR: THE BRONTE’S YORKSHIRE
Mariella Frostrup explores Yorkshire to discover how its dramatic landscape inspired the world-famous Bronte siters to write some of our best loved novels such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.