{"id":563,"date":"2022-08-07T23:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T13:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2022-08-07T23:44:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T13:44:05","slug":"mansfield-park-episode-8-chapters-31-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/07\/mansfield-park-episode-8-chapters-31-34\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 8, Chapters 31-34"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-11093626\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/11093626-s03e08-mansfield-park-episode-8-chapters-31-34.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-11093626&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read Chapters 31 to 34 of&nbsp;<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>. We talk about Fanny&#8217;s initial failure to realise she has received a true proposal, the amount of pressure placed on her to accept, the picture everyone has of little, modest Fanny, and the difference between Sir Thomas and Fanny&#8217;s views of marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss Henry Crawford, then Ellen talks about ordination, and Harriet looks at how adaptations and modernisations treat these chapters, particularly the scene between Fanny and Sir Thomas.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:   <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Reasons for delay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Harriet&#8217;s Virtual JaneCon video: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XZfKwT2oQ9E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wearing a flannel waistcoat to a duel: Why we don&#8217;t see Colonel Brandon as a Romantic hero<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>General and character discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Barbara Pym, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/178565.Excellent_Women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Excellent Women<\/a><\/em> (1952)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-daily-knightley\/id1473877681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Daily Knightley<\/em><\/a> (2021) [podcast]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Historical discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Irene Collins, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2393040.Jane_Austen_and_the_Clergy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Austen and the Clergy<\/a><\/em> (2002)<\/li><li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/justus.anglican.org\/resources\/bcp\/1559\/BCP_1559.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 1559 Book of Common Prayer<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Georgina Battiscombe, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.au\/books\/edition\/_\/EMg8AQAAIAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Keble: A Study in Limitations<\/a><\/em> (1963)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular culture discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Adaptations:<ul><li>BBC, <em><a 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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0178737\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (1999) \u2013 starring Frances O\u2019Connor and Jonny Lee Miller<\/li><li>ITV, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0847182\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield Park<\/a><\/em> (2007) \u2013 starring Billie Piper and Blake Ritson<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Modernisations:<ul><li>YouTube, Foot in the Door Theatre, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOz41y0VXokzWpyClimh6xQ\" target=\"_blank\">From Mansfield With Love<\/a><\/em> (2014-2015)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Comment on previous episode<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thethingaboutausten.com\/episodes\/ep40-the-thing-about-lady-bertrams-pug-with-guest-dr-stephanie-howard-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Thing About Austen<\/em><\/a> [podcast]<\/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:\/\/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&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 Chapters 31 to 34 of&nbsp;Mansfield Park. We talk about Fanny&#8217;s initial failure to realise she has received a true proposal, the amount of pressure placed on her to accept, the picture everyone has of little, modest Fanny, and the difference between Sir Thomas and Fanny&#8217;s views of marriage. We discuss &#8230; <a title=\"Mansfield Park: Episode 8, Chapters 31-34\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/07\/mansfield-park-episode-8-chapters-31-34\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 8, Chapters 31-34<\/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\/563"}],"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=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}