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Emma: Episode 1, Chapters 1-5

23 February, 202322 February, 2023 by Harriet

In this episode, we read the first five chapters of Emma. We give a brief publishing history, and talk about how much we learn about the occupants of Highbury, the introduction of the relationship between Emma and Mr Knightley, Emma’s manipulation of Harriet, and Emma’s personality (and how our views of her are changing on this … Read more Emma: Episode 1, Chapters 1-5

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Videos


“Such Different Accounts of You”: Representations of Darcy on Screen
- Harriet's presentation to the Jane Austen Society of Australia in February 2024 (previously given at the Jane Austen Society of North America 2023 AGM)


"To occupy the clever young ladies": Charlotte Yonge and middle-class girls' education
- Ellen's video presentation for the Charlotte M. Yonge Society's 2022 Annual General Meeting


Wearing a flannel waistcoat to a duel: Why we don't see Colonel Brandon as a Romantic hero
- Harriet's video for Virtual JaneCon 2022

Books
Anne Bridger and Ellen Jordan, Timely Assistance: The Work of the Society for Promoting the Training of Women 1859-2009 (2009)

Ellen Jordan, The Women's Movement and Women's Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain (1999)

Articles
“Such Different Accounts of You”: Representations of Darcy on Screen - Harriet's paper from the Jane Austen Society of North America 2023 AGM, published in Persuasions On-Line, Volume 44 No 1

Why Edward Ferrars fails as a hero – and why I like him anyway - Harriet's paper for Austen in August 2021.

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