{"id":214,"date":"2020-05-16T21:50:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2020-05-16T21:50:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T11:50:58","slug":"pride-and-prejudice-chapters-47-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/16\/pride-and-prejudice-chapters-47-52\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em>: Chapters 47-52"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-3782669\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/3782669-pride-and-prejudice-chapters-47-to-52.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-3782669&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we talk about the steps taken to find Lydia and Wickham, how much Darcy paid to get them married, the moral and social approach towards what Lydia has done, why Mrs Bennet thinks there will be a duel, the letter from Mr Collins, and Elizabeth&#8217;s changing feelings towards Darcy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss the character of George Wickham. Ellen talks about marriage settlements and marriage laws, and Harriet looks at how some modernisations of the book adapt the Lydia plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also revisit the subject of enclosures, in response to some feedback, and talk about social inequality and how it&#8217;s not really addressed in Jane Austen&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>   Books: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/825889.1066_and_All_That\" target=\"_blank\"><em>1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England<\/em><\/a> (1930)<\/li><li>Flora Thompson, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/511208.Lark_Rise_to_Candleford\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lark Rise to Candleford<\/em><\/a> (1939)<\/li><li>The works of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Dickens\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Charles Dickens<\/em><\/a> (1812 \u2013 1870)<\/li><li>Curtis Sittenfeld,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25852870-eligible\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Eligible<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2016) <\/li><li>Claire LaZebnik,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/9266776-epic-fail\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Epic Fail<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2011) <\/li><li>Also two books Eszter included in her comment to us, but which we didn&#8217;t include in the recording:<ul><li>Guy Shrubsole,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43080056-who-owns-england\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Who Owns England?<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2019)<\/li><li>Brett Christophers,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/42202353-the-new-enclosure\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2018) <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Movies and television: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>BBC,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0112130\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1995) &#8211; starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth<\/li><li>Bestboy Pictures,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0366920\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2003) \u2013 starring Kam Heskin and Orlando Seale <\/li><li>Path\u00e9 Pictures International,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0361411\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2004) \u2013 starring Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson <\/li><li>YouTube,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXfbQAimgtbk4RAUHtIAUww\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lizzie Bennet Diaries<\/em><\/a> (2012) &#8211; starring Ashley Clements and Daniel Vincent Gordh<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Creative commons music used<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Extract from\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Haydn_sonata_hob._XVI_23_mvt_1.oga\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 38. Performance by Ivan Ili\u0107, recorded in Manchester in December, 2006<\/a>. File originally from IMSLP.<\/li><li>Extract from\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart_-_sonata_no._13_in_b_flat_major,_k.333_-_iii._allegretto_grazioso.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, iii. Allegretto Grazioso<\/a>. File originally from Musopen.<\/li><li>Extract from\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:George_Frideric_Handel_-_suite_i,_no._2_in_f_major,_hwv_427_-_ii._allegro.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">George Frideric Handel, Suite I, No. 2 in F Major, ii. Allegro<\/a>. File originally from Musopen.<\/li><li>Extract from\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Orfeo_ed_Euridice,_Wq.30_(Gluck,_Christoph_Willibald)\" target=\"_blank\">Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice<\/a>. File from IMSLP.  <\/li><li>Extract from\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Beethoven_-_Piano_Sonata_No._28_in_A_Major,_Op._101_-_I._Etwas_lebhaft,_und_mit_der_innigsten_Empfindung.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major<\/a>. File originally from Musopen.   <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk about the steps taken to find Lydia and Wickham, how much Darcy paid to get them married, the moral and social approach towards what Lydia has done, why Mrs Bennet thinks there will be a duel, the letter from Mr Collins, and Elizabeth&#8217;s changing feelings towards Darcy. We discuss the &#8230; <a title=\"Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 47-52\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/16\/pride-and-prejudice-chapters-47-52\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em>: Chapters 47-52<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}