{"id":223,"date":"2020-06-01T23:23:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2021-11-23T18:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T07:45:47","slug":"pride-and-prejudice-chapters-53-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/01\/pride-and-prejudice-chapters-53-57\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em>: Chapters 53-57"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-3998081\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/3998081-pride-and-prejudice-chapters-53-to-57.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-3998081&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p> In this episode, we talk about how Jane Austen keeps up the suspense so close to the end of the book, the fact that Kitty has almost forgotten who Mr Darcy is, Elizabeth&#8217;s embarrassment at her mother, Bingley and Mr Bennet shooting together, the physical descriptions of Longbourne, the question of how Lady Catherine got her news and the meeting between Lady Catherine and Elizabeth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> We discuss the character of Jane, then Ellen talks about what makes someone a gentleman, or gentlemanlike, and Harriet looks at how the adaptations deal with events such as Lady Catherine&#8217;s visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> Books: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Claire Tomalin, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/50376.Jane_Austen\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Austen: A Life<\/a><\/em> (1997) <\/li><li>Tom Stoppard, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Computation into Criticism: Study of Jane Austen's Novels and an Experiment in Method (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/384597.Arcadia\" target=\"_blank\">Arcadia<\/a><\/em> (1993)  <\/li><li>Oscar Wilde, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/92303.The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/92303.The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest\" target=\"_blank\">The Importance of Being Earnest<\/a><\/em> (1895) <\/li><li> Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1102190.Talking_of_Jane_Austen\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Talking of Jane Austen<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1943) and\u00a0<em>More Talk of Jane Austen<\/em>\u00a0(1950) <\/li><li> Anthony Trollope, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/526187.The_Prime_Minister\" target=\"_blank\">The Prime Minister<\/a><\/em> (1876)   <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Websites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>YouTube, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A calendar for Pride and Prejudice (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_K81UJ7vA6k\" target=\"_blank\">John Mullan &#8211; Jane Austen&#8217;s writing style and voice<\/a>&nbsp;(2017)<\/li><li>Ellen Moody, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jimandellen.org\/austen\/p&amp;p.calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\">A calendar for <em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(2003)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Movies and television:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>MGM,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0032943\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(1940) &#8211; starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier <\/li><li>BBC,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078672\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a> (1980) &#8211; starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul<\/li><li>BBC,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0112130\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(1995) &#8211; starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth<\/li><li>Focus Features,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0414387\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pride &amp; Prejudice<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(2005) &#8211; starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen<\/li><li>YouTube,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXfbQAimgtbk4RAUHtIAUww\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lizzie Bennet Diaries<\/em><\/a> (2012) \u2013 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&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk about how Jane Austen keeps up the suspense so close to the end of the book, the fact that Kitty has almost forgotten who Mr Darcy is, Elizabeth&#8217;s embarrassment at her mother, Bingley and Mr Bennet shooting together, the physical descriptions of Longbourne, the question of how Lady Catherine got &#8230; <a title=\"Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 53-57\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/01\/pride-and-prejudice-chapters-53-57\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em>: Chapters 53-57<\/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\/223"}],"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=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}