(Disclaimer: I cannot recommend in any way, shape, or form Karen Swallow Prior who is mentioned in the first post.) 

Sense and Sensibility and the Bible: Part 1  

Sense and Sensibility and the Bible: Part 2

I think Sense and Sensibility has overtaken Pride and Prejudice in my ranking of Jane Austen stories. I love Persuasion as well. 

From the description of "This is why you're still haunted by The Lord of the Rings"

Have you ever finished a really good book and felt suddenly homesick for a world that doesn’t even exist? Fantasy is often dismissed as "childish" and "escapist," but growing up, I held a secret belief that fantasy novels like Lord of the Rings, Narnia, or Harry Potter were tapping into something profoundly important about the world. There is a siren song in these powerful stories, an ache that beckons us beyond the borders of this world. But what is it that's calling to us, exactly?

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/ZMF9CDxJ2Ak