{"id":575,"date":"2022-09-04T21:38:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T11:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2022-09-04T21:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T11:38:45","slug":"mansfield-park-episode-9-chapters-35-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/04\/mansfield-park-episode-9-chapters-35-39\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 9, Chapters 35-39"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-11256212\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/11256212-s03e09-mansfield-park-episode-9-chapters-35-39.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-11256212&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read Chapters 35 to 39 of\u00a0<em>Mansfield Park<\/em>. We talk about how Edmund and Mary dismiss Fanny&#8217;s concerns about Henry, Sir Thomas&#8217;s decision to send Fanny back to Portsmouth, Fanny and William&#8217;s journey, the comedy of the arrival in Portsmouth, Fanny&#8217;s reaction to the house, and the very realistic and grounded nature of the Portsmouth scenes .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss Edmund Bertram, then Harriet&#8217;s partner Michael talks about the Marines. Harriet looks at how adaptations and modernisations treat these chapters, and then Ellen talks about a later nineteenth century novel influenced by <em>Mansfield Park<\/em>.  <\/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>Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1102190.Talking_of_Jane_Austen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Talking of Jane Austen<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1943)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Historical discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Brian Southam, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/456748.Jane_Austen_and_the_Navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Austen and the Navy<\/a><\/em> (2003)<\/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>\u00a0(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><li>Charlotte M. Yonge, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/4546335-heartsease\" target=\"_blank\">Heartsease<\/a><\/em> (1854)<br>And an article about the connection with <em>Mansfield Park<\/em>:<ul><li>June Sturrock, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasna.org\/persuasions\/printed\/number28\/sturrock.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Money, morals, and Mansfield Park: the West Indies revisited<\/a>&#8220;, <em>Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal<\/em>, vol. 28, annual 2006, pp. 176+. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Map of locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> Below is a Google map of the places mentioned in <em>Mansfield Park<\/em>, including approximate locations of the houses.  Zoom in to see Portsmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Colour coding: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Blue is Bertram family<\/li><li>Aqua is Price family<\/li><li>Olive is Mrs Norris<\/li><li>Red is Crawford\/Grant families<\/li><li>Purple is Rushworth family<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1vsBpt-mHnf2kNTBzqOE2UnV5H-FpL5j4&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\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: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\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:\/\/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 35 to 39 of\u00a0Mansfield Park. We talk about how Edmund and Mary dismiss Fanny&#8217;s concerns about Henry, Sir Thomas&#8217;s decision to send Fanny back to Portsmouth, Fanny and William&#8217;s journey, the comedy of the arrival in Portsmouth, Fanny&#8217;s reaction to the house, and the very realistic and grounded nature &#8230; <a title=\"Mansfield Park: Episode 9, Chapters 35-39\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/04\/mansfield-park-episode-9-chapters-35-39\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Mansfield Park<\/em>: Episode 9, Chapters 35-39<\/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\/575"}],"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=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}