{"id":345,"date":"2021-08-14T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2023-01-02T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T03:40:45","slug":"season-1-pride-and-prejudice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/season-1-pride-and-prejudice\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 1: Pride and Prejudice<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From 2 February 2020 to 17 June 2020, we read through Pride and Prejudice<\/em>. In every episide, we covered approximately six chapters of the book, and also looked at one character in detail, and some aspect of the historical context. Each episode finished with a discussion of how the chapters were addressed in the various popular culture versions of the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episode<\/strong><\/td>Character<\/strong><\/td>Historical<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Episode 1: Chapters 1-6<\/a><\/td>Mrs Bennet<\/td>Class and the neighbourhood<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 2: Chapters 7-12<\/a><\/td>Charles Bingley<\/td>Accomplishments<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 3: Chapters 13-18<\/a><\/td>Mr Collins<\/td>Entails<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 4: Chapters 19-26<\/a><\/td>Charlotte Lucas<\/td>The marriage market<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 5: Chapters 27-34<\/a><\/td>Fitzwilliam Darcy<\/td>Presentation of livings to country rectors<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 6: Chapters 35-41<\/a><\/td>Lydia Bennet<\/td>The militia and the regular army<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 7: Chapters 42-46<\/a><\/td>Elizabeth Bennet<\/td>Landed gentry<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 8: Chapters 47-52<\/a><\/td>George Wickham<\/td>Marriage settlements and marriage laws<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 9: Chapters 53-57<\/a><\/td>Jane Bennet<\/td>What makes someone a gentleman<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 10: Chapters 58-61<\/a><\/td>Mr Bennet<\/td>Social changes in the nineteenth century<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We also talked about the following popular culture versions in most episodes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n