{"id":823,"date":"2024-09-08T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T02:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?page_id=823"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:35:12","slug":"season-5-persuasion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/season-5-persuasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 5: Persuasion<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From 24 November 2024 to 3 May 2026, we read through Persuasion<\/em> (there were some big gaps between episodes, due to unforseen circumstances). In every episode, we covered two or three 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 about one or more of the adaptations (or modernisations or continuations or variations) of the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episode<\/strong><\/td>Character<\/strong><\/td>Historical<\/strong><\/td>Popular culture<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Episode 1:
Chapters 1-3<\/a>
<\/td>		Sir Walter Elliot<\/td>Baronets<\/td>Persuasion<\/a><\/em> (1971, BBC)
[Watch on YouTube:
Part 1<\/a> and Part 2<\/a>] <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 2:
Chapters 4-6<\/a><\/td>		Lady Russell<\/td>Social precedence<\/td>Novela: Persuasi\u00f3n<\/a><\/em> (1972, TVE)
[Watch on YouTube<\/a>]<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 3:
Chapters 7-8<\/a> <\/td>		Captain Wentworth<\/td>The Navy<\/td>Persuasion<\/a><\/em> (1995, BBC Film)
[Watch on YouTube<\/a>]<\/td><\/tr>
Episode 3.5:
Extra bits from Episode 3<\/a><\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Episode 4:
Chapters 9-10<\/a> <\/td>		Louisa and Henrietta<\/td>Curates<\/td>Persuasion<\/a><\/em> (2007, Clerkenwell Films)
[Watch on YouTube<\/a>] <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 5:
Chapters 11-12<\/a><\/td>		Captains Harville and Benwick<\/td>Poetry<\/td>Persuasion<\/em><\/a> (2022, Netflix) <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 6:
Chapters 13-15<\/a> <\/td>		Mr and Mrs Musgrove<\/td>Bath<\/td>Rational Creatures<\/a><\/em> (2019, YouTube) <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 7:
Chapters 16-18<\/a><\/td>		Admiral and Mrs Croft<\/td>Nurses <\/td>Modern Persuasion<\/a><\/em> (2020, Tangerine Entertainment) <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 8:
Chapters 19-20 <\/a><\/td>		Elizabeth Elliot<\/td>Bath Assembly Rooms <\/td>Persuasion<\/em> <\/a>(2023, Agatha Films) <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 9:
Chapter 21 and the cancelled Chapter 22<\/a><\/td>		Mr Elliot<\/td>Engagements<\/td>Reflecting on screen adaptations <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 10:
Chapter 22<\/a><\/td>		Mary and Charles<\/td>Shooting<\/td>Retellings from another point of view <\/td><\/tr>
Episode 11:
Chapters 23-24<\/a><\/td>		Anne Elliot<\/td>The Navy after the Napoleonic wars<\/td>Book modernisations<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Map of locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below is a Google map<\/a> of the places mentioned in Persuasion<\/em>, including approximate locations of the houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n