{"id":407,"date":"2021-12-31T19:35:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T08:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=407"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:52:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T02:52:35","slug":"mansfield-park-episode-2-chapters-4-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/31\/mansfield-park-episode-2-chapters-4-7\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 2, Chapters 4-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-9810375\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/9810375-mansfield-park-episode-2-chapters-4-7.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-9810375&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read the Chapters 4 to 7 of&nbsp;<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>. We talk about the character-revealing scenes, how the presentation of Fanny may make some readers dislike her, why Maria became engaged to Mr Rushworth, and Henry Crawford&#8217;s behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss the character of Mary Crawford &#8211; who is perhaps almost as divisive as Fanny Price &#8211; and then Ellen talks about baronets, Members of Parliament, and the idea of &#8216;interest&#8217;. Harriet considers how the three adaptations, and two of the modernisations, present these chapters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>General and character discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>John Wiltshire [Editor], <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/au\/academic\/subjects\/literature\/literary-texts\/mansfield-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen: Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (2005)<\/li><li>Lionel Trilling, &#8220;<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>&#8220;, <em>Partisan Review<\/em> 21 (September-October 1954): 492-511. Also published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/print\/Encounter-1954sep-00009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Encounter<\/em>, September 1954: 9-19<\/a>.<\/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>John Mullan, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vi3lQz7d-dU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Live at the Hay Festival <\/a><\/em>(2014) [YouTube]<\/li><li>Kingsley Amis, &#8220;What Became of Jane Austen?&#8221;, <em>The Spectator<\/em>, 4 October 1957 &#8211; republished in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/391794.What_Became_of_Jane_Austen_And_Other_Questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Became of Jane Austen? And Other Questions<\/a><\/em> (1970)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-daily-knightley\/id1473877681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Daily Knightley<\/a> (2021) [podcast]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular culture discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Adaptations:<ul><li>BBC, <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085052\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085052\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(1983) \u2013 starring Sylvestra Le Touzel and Nicholas Farrell (6 episodes)<\/li><li>Miramax, <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0178737\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0178737\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (1999) &#8211; starring Frances O&#8217;Connor and Jonny Lee Miller<\/li><li>ITV, <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0847182\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0847182\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (2007) &#8211; starring Billie Piper and Blake Ritson<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Modernisations:<ul><li>YouTube, Foot in the Door Theatre, <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOz41y0VXokzWpyClimh6xQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOz41y0VXokzWpyClimh6xQ\" target=\"_blank\">From Mansfield With Love<\/a><\/em> (2014-2015)<\/li><li>D.E. Stevenson, <em><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2426652.Celia_s_House\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2426652.Celia_s_House\" target=\"_blank\">Celia&#8217;s House<\/a><\/em> (1943)<\/li><\/ul><\/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:Mozart_-_Piano_Sonata_No._12_in_F_Major,_K.332_-_II._Adagio.ogg\" target=\"_blank\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 12 in F Major, ii. Adagio<\/a>.<\/li><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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we read the Chapters 4 to 7 of&nbsp;Mansfield Park. We talk about the character-revealing scenes, how the presentation of Fanny may make some readers dislike her, why Maria became engaged to Mr Rushworth, and Henry Crawford&#8217;s behaviour. We discuss the character of Mary Crawford &#8211; who is perhaps almost as divisive as &#8230; <a title=\"Mansfield Park: Episode 2, Chapters 4-7\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/31\/mansfield-park-episode-2-chapters-4-7\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 2, Chapters 4-7<\/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":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407"}],"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=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}