{"id":714,"date":"2023-05-25T23:14:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T13:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=714"},"modified":"2023-05-25T23:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T13:20:59","slug":"emma-episode-4-chapters-16-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/emma-episode-4-chapters-16-21\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 4, Chapters 16-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-12918312\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/12918312-s04e04-emma-chapters-16-to-21.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-12918312&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we are joined by Harriet&#8217;s partner, Michael, and read chapters 16 to 21 of&nbsp;<em>Emma<\/em>. We talk about the mystery plots, Emma&#8217;s fantasies, Emma and Mr Knightley&#8217;s interactions, and Harriet&#8217;s encounter with Mr Martin (which had us revisiting the map of Highbury).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character we discuss is Miss Bates, and then Michael talks about army widows and orphans. In the popular culture section, Harriet talks about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1366312\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2009 BBC<\/a> adaptation of <em>Emma<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>John Mullan, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/15793663-what-matters-in-jane-austen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved<\/a><\/em> (2012)<\/li><li>Map of Highbury, created by Professor Penny Gay of the University of Sydney, and reproduced with her permission. The map was drawn in the 1980s and published in Penny Gay\u2019s work <em>Jane Austen\u2019s<\/em> Emma (<em>Horizon Studies in Literature<\/em>) Sydney University Press, 1995. More information about it is available in \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/jasna.org\/publications-2\/persuasions-online\/vol36no1\/gay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Hypothetical Map of Highbury<\/a>\u2018, Persuasions Online, Volume 36, No. 1, Winter 2015.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-856x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hypothetical map of Highbury, by Penny Gay\" class=\"wp-image-644\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-856x1024.jpg 856w, http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-251x300.jpg 251w, http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-768x918.jpg 768w, http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury.jpg 1457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Character discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Elizabeth Gaskell, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/182381.Cranford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cranford <\/a><\/em>(1853)<\/li><li>Agatha Christie&#8217;s books and stories featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miss_Marple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miss Marple<\/a><\/li><li>Lucy F. March Phillipps, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43396780-my-life-and-what-shall-i-do-with-it-by-an-old-maid-l-f-m-phillipps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My life and what shall I do with it? By an old maid<\/a><\/em> (1918)<\/li><li>Mary Russell Mitford, Letter to W.W. Ogbourn (April 3, 1815) &#8211; read the <a href=\"https:\/\/janeausteninvermont.blog\/2008\/12\/18\/mitford-austen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extract about Jane Austen<\/a><\/li><li>Dorothy L. Sayers, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/93575.Gaudy_Night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaudy Night<\/a><\/em> (1935)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Popular culture discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Main version considered:<ul><li>BBC, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1366312\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma<\/a><\/em> (2009) \u2013 starring Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Other versions mentioned<ul><li>BBC, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0068068\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma<\/a><\/em> (1972) \u2013 starring Doran Godwin and John Carson<\/li><li>Miramax, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0116191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma<\/a><\/em> (1996) \u2013 starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam<\/li><li>ITV, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118308\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma<\/a><\/em> (1996) \u2013 starring Kate Beckinsale and Mark Strong<\/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 are joined by Harriet&#8217;s partner, Michael, and read chapters 16 to 21 of&nbsp;Emma. We talk about the mystery plots, Emma&#8217;s fantasies, Emma and Mr Knightley&#8217;s interactions, and Harriet&#8217;s encounter with Mr Martin (which had us revisiting the map of Highbury). The character we discuss is Miss Bates, and then Michael talks &#8230; <a title=\"Emma: Episode 4, Chapters 16-21\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/emma-episode-4-chapters-16-21\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 4, Chapters 16-21<\/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":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714"}],"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=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}