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Reading Jane Austen

Reading Jane Austen

Released: 2021-06-28
© 2021 Reading Jane Austen
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21 Episodes
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21 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2021-06-28
© 2021 Reading Jane Austen
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S02E10 Sense and Sensibility, Chapters 47 to 50

S02E10 Sense and Sensibility, Chapters 47 to 50

Time: 59:53
In this episode, we read the final chapters of Sense and Sensibility. We talk about Elinor being the ‘moral spokesperson’ for the book, why Marianne marries Colonel Brandon, how Edward is less dashing than both Willoughby and Brandon, the social and financial gap between Elinor and Marianne after their marriages, and Lucy’s marriage to Robert. We also revisit the sense vs sensibility concept, and how the novel is both flawed and wonderful.
 We discuss the character of Elinor, then Ellen talks about art, music and writing, and Harriet takes a final look at the popular culture versions. 
Things we mention:
References:
 Marjorie Theobauld, Knowing Women: Origins of Women’s Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia (1996) Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen: A Life (1997)Robert Chapman [Editor], Jane Austen’s Letters to her Sister Cassandra and Others (1969)Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women writers:
Married/de factoMary Brunton (1778–1818): Self-Control (1810)Fanny Burney (1752–1840): Cecilia (1782 – written before she was married), Camilla (1796 – written after she was married) Anna Barbauld (1743–1825)Martha Sherwood (1775–1851): The Fairchild Family (1818)Mary Shelley (1797–1851)Margaret Gatty (1809–1873)Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)Anna Lefroy (1793–1872)George Eliot (1793–1872)  SingleCharlotte Brontë (1816–1855) Emily Brontë (1818–1848) Anne Brontë (1820–1849) Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849): Belinda (1801)Hannah More (1745–1833): Coelebs in Search of a Wife (1808) Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) Read more: Adaptations of the book, Modernisations of the book, Creative Commons music used.
Episode ID: 1000527109780
GUID: Buzzsprout-8774732
Release Date: 28/06/2021, 11:00:00

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Ellen and Harriet are a mother and daughter who have been talking about Jane Austen together since Harriet was first old enough to read her. In this podcast, we will be doing a close reading of the books.In each episode, we will look at a few chapters. As well as talking about anything that strikes us in the chapters, we will also pick a favourite sentence, have a discussion about one of the characters, and then Ellen will give a social historian perspective about some element of the nineteenth century that seems pertinent, and Harriet will talk about the chapters in pop culture adaptations of the book.

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