For our final episode of Novel Pairings, we opened up the mailbag to answer your thoughtful listener questions. From reflections on our favorite classics to behind-the-scenes stories, we’re sharing a lot today! And celebrating the journey we’ve shared with all of you. We’ll also be offering some closing thoughts on what this podcast has meant to us, what we’ve learned along the way, and what comes next for each of us.

This is our final season with Novel Pairings, but we are saving all of our episodes right here for you to return to, plus we’re opening a shop for our exclusive classes and recap series. To learn more about our storefront and to get all new announcements, make sure you are following @novelpairingspod on Instagram and subscribed to novelpairings.substack.com.

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Find us individually and continue to read with each of us here:

Chelsey – IG: @chelseyreads | Substack: chelsey.substack.com

Sara – IG: @fictionmatters | Substack: fictionmatters.substack.com

Books Mentioned

Summer by Edith Wharton

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Passing by Nella Larsen

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

1984 by George Orwell

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

There is Confusion by Jesse Redmond Fossett

Also Mentioned

From the Front Porch/The Bookshelf Conquer a Classic with Annie and Hunter

Shelf by Shelf on Substack

The Novel Tea Podcast

250th Anniversary of Jane Austen

Smith and Taylor Classics

Persephone Books

McNally Editions

New York Review

Penguin Modern Classics

Center for Fiction

Wuthering Heights adaptation

Pride and Prejudice adaptations

We’re wrapping up our Emma readalong with final reflections on rereading, standout themes, and Austen’s legacy. We also chat about how we’re marking the momentous occasion of Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary and the ways this milestone is resonating with us as readers.

This is our final season with Novel Pairings, but we are saving all of our episodes right here for you to return to, plus we’re opening a shop for our exclusive classes and recap series. Stay tuned. To learn when our shop opens up and to get all new announcements, make sure you are following @novelpairingspod on Instagram and subscribed to novelpairings.substack.com.

Find Chelsey and Sara on Substack, too!

Chelsey, The Eclectic Reader: chelsey.substack.com

Sara, Fiction Matters: fictionmatters.substack.com

Books Mentioned

• The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
  Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

• The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
  Superworm by Julia Donaldson

• Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney

• Wild for Austen by Devoney Looser

• Persuasion by Jane Austen

• Juvenilia by Jane Austen

• Of Love and Friendship by Jane Austen

• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Also Mentioned

• Novel Pairings Readalongs

• Emma Footnotes #4: Foils

• 250 Years of Jane Austen

• Pride and Prejudice Series on Netflix

• Hamilton

• Pride and Prejudice on the big screen

• Emma

• Slow Horses