{"id":1038,"date":"2026-01-19T23:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:12:45","slug":"persuasion-episode-10-chapter-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/persuasion-episode-10-chapter-22\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 10, Chapter 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-18532278\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/episodes\/18532278-s05e10-persuasion-chapter-22.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-18532278&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7fb4106b-6e1e-4567-bbb8-9784f7f025cc\">In this episode we look at the published version of Chapter 22. We talk about how proactive Anne is in these final chapters, the arrival of Charles, Mary and the Musgrove clan, Louisa&#8217;s change in personality, how the Musgroves all want Anne to be with them, and the first time Wentworth actually refers to the time he and Anne were together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5438eae0-7442-4a82-b856-8f3d4d7ae5d2\">The characters we discuss is are Charles and Mary Musgrove. In the historical section, Michael talks about the shooting, and for popular culture Harriet looks at two books that retell <em>Persuasion <\/em>from the point of view of another character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-becddca0-119f-4a6f-8896-471e8133b26d\">Things we mention:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Janet Todd and Antje Blank [Editors],\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/au\/universitypress\/subjects\/literature\/literary-texts\/persuasion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen: Persuasion<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2006)<\/li><li>Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1102190.Talking_of_Jane_Austen\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Talking of Jane Austen<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1943) and\u00a0<em>More Talk of Jane Austen<\/em>\u00a0(1950)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-32113807-ad72-49f3-b4c3-b96d573803b9\"><strong>Historical discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>E. W. Bovill, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1730091.English_Country_Life_1780_1830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English Country Life, 1780-1830<\/a><\/em> (1962) <\/li><li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thethingaboutausten.com\/p\/episode-73-the-thing-about-willoughbys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Thing About Willoughby&#8217;s Pointers with guest Dr. Stephanie Howard-Smith<\/a>&#8216;, <em>The Thing About Austen <\/em>podcast, Episode 73<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-6a04c79c-2b71-4bda-8e60-882f86531d4b\"><strong>Popular culture discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Amanda Grange, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2006427.Captain_Wentworth_s_Diary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Captain Wentworth&#8217;s Diary<\/a><\/em> (2007)<\/li><li>Dorothea-Sofia Rossellini, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/33988648-mrs-clay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs Clay: The Austen Expert&#8217;s Companion to &#8216;Persuasion&#8217;<\/a><\/em> (2016)<\/li><li>Diana Birchall,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/33235124-in-defense-of-mrs-elton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In Defense of Mrs Elton<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1999)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-ca5df369-1ec1-4880-bd53-cea8169a2a28\">Creative commons music used:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-f3fae2ea-78aa-4bea-a20d-095c6398a7f8\"><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 look at the published version of Chapter 22. We talk about how proactive Anne is in these final chapters, the arrival of Charles, Mary and the Musgrove clan, Louisa&#8217;s change in personality, how the Musgroves all want Anne to be with them, and the first time Wentworth actually refers to the &#8230; <a title=\"Persuasion: Episode 10, Chapter 22\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/persuasion-episode-10-chapter-22\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 10, Chapter 22<\/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":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}