{"id":669,"date":"2023-02-22T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=669"},"modified":"2023-02-23T08:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:54:47","slug":"emma-episode-1-chapters-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/emma-episode-1-chapters-1-5\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 1, Chapters 1-5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-12288309\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/12288309-s04e01-emma-chapters-1-to-5.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-12288309&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read the first five chapters of&nbsp;<em>Emma<\/em>. 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&#8217;s manipulation of Harriet, and Emma&#8217;s personality (and how our views of her are changing on this readthrough).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character we discuss is Mr Woodhouse, and in the historical section Ellen talks about boarding schools. Harriet gives an overview of all of the popular culture versions of <em>Emma<\/em>, and explains that due to the number of adaptations there have been, she will talk about one version each episode, rather than trying to cover all of them. For this episode, she talks about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0068068\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1972 BBC adaptation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:   <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>General and character discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Elizabeth Gaskell, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/383206.Wives_and_Daughters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wives and Daughters<\/a><\/em> (1866)<\/li><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>William Shakespeare, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/12957.Much_Ado_About_Nothing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Much Ado About Nothing<\/a> <\/em>(1598)<\/li><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>Jean Harris Hendricks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/1C6BA799CBA58825C44819BE46036DF7\/S0955603600006474a.pdf\/mental-health-by-jane-austen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Mental health, by Jane Austen&#8217;<\/a>, <em>Psychiatric Bulletin<\/em> (1995), 19.<\/li><li>Margaret Morganroth Gullette, <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/spo.act2080.0048.115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Annals of caregiving: Does Emma Woodhouse&#8217;s father suffer from &#8220;dementia&#8221;?&#8217;<\/a> <em>Michigan Quarterly Review<\/em>, Volume XLVIII, Issue 1, Winter 2009<\/li><li>Carol J. Adams, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/jHJcy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Jane Austen&#8217;s Guide to Alzheimer&#8217;s&#8217;<\/a>, <em>The New York Times<\/em>, 19 December 2015<\/li><li>Dr. Cheryl Kinney, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sarahemsley.com\/2016\/02\/05\/mr-woodhouse-and-what-matters-in-the-end\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Mr. Woodhouse and What Matters in the End&#8217;<\/a>, Sarah Emsley, 5 February 2016<\/li><li>Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern,&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(1943) and&nbsp;<em>More Talk of Jane Austen<\/em>&nbsp;(1950)<\/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&#8217;s work <em>Jane Austen&#8217;s<\/em> Emma (<em>Horizon Studies in Literature<\/em>) Sydney University Press, 1995. More information about it is available in &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/jasna.org\/publications-2\/persuasions-online\/vol36no1\/gay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Hypothetical Map of Highbury<\/a>&#8216;, Persuasions Online, Volume 36, No. 1, Winter 2015.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><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=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-768x918.jpg 768w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gay-map-highbury.jpg 1457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Historical discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Maria Edgeworth, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6958301-the-good-french-governess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Good French Governess<\/a><\/em> (1801)<\/li><li>Maria Edgeworth, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17736760-mademoiselle-panache\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mademoiselle Panache<\/a><\/em> (1801)<\/li><li>Marjorie Theobald, &#8216;The accomplished woman and the priority of intellect: A new look at women&#8217;s education in Britain and Australia 1800-1850&#8217;, <em>History of Education<\/em>, 17: 21-35 (1988).<\/li><li>Marjorie Theobald, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/10286460-knowing-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knowing Women: Origins of Women&#8217;s Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia<\/a><\/em> (1996)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frances_Power_Cobbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frances Power Cobb<\/a><\/li><li>William Makepeace Thackeray, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/5797.Vanity_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a><\/em> (1847)<\/li><li>Juliana Horatia Ewing, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/61575766-lob-lie-by-the-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lob Lie-by-the-Fire or The Luck of Lingborough<\/a><\/em> (1873)<\/li><li>Ellen Jordan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/368168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;&#8221;Making good wives and mothers&#8221;? The transformation of middle class girls&#8217; education in nineteenth century Britain&#8217;<\/a>, <em>History of Education Quarterly<\/em> 31 (4):439-462 (Winter 1991).<\/li><li>Ellen Jordan, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IxGOS5bJwsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;&#8221;To occupy the clever young ladies&#8221;: Charlotte Yonge and middle-class girls&#8217; education&#8217;<\/a> <em>YouTube <\/em>(2022)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular culture discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Adaptations:<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><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><li>Working Title Films, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9214832\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma<\/a><\/em> (2020) \u2013 starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Modernisations:<ul><li>Paramount Pictures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0112697\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Clueless<\/em><\/a> (1995) \u2013 starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd<\/li><li>Anil Kapoor Film Company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1509732\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Aisha<\/em><\/a> (2010) \u2013 starring Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol<\/li><li>YouTube, Pemberley Digital, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL_ePOdU-b3xcKOsj8aU2Tnztt6N9mEmur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma Approved<\/a><\/em> (2013) \u2013 starring Joanna Sotomura and Brent Bailey<\/li><li>YouTube, Quip Modest Productions, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HVMYjwzdsMw&amp;list=PL7Aos6cZ-mUy5zXaPbWq03ikM5LDtxnp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Emma Agenda<\/a><\/em> (2017) \u2013 starring Selis Maria Vargas and Angela Wong Carbone<\/li><li>Alexander McCall Smith, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23395733-emma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma: A modern retelling<\/a><\/em> (2014)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Continuations<ul><li>Reginald Hill, &#8216;Poor Emma&#8217; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/46046707-there-are-no-ghosts-in-the-soviet-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union: And Other Stories<\/a> (1987)<\/li><li>Emma Tennant, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/49768.Emma_in_Love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma in Love<\/a><\/em> (1996)<\/li><li>Rachel Billington, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1671459.Emma_Knightley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma &amp; Knightley: Perfect Happiness in Highbury<\/a><\/em> (1996)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Variations<ul><li>Naomi Royde-Smith, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/55290555-jane-fairfax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Fairfax<\/a><\/em> (1940)<\/li><li>Joan Austen-Leigh, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/336350.A_Visit_to_Highbury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Visit to Highbury: Another View of Emma<\/a><\/em> (1995)<\/li><li>Diana Birchall, <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> (1999)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Amanda Grange, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/443231.Mr_Knightley_s_Diary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Knightley&#8217;s Diary<\/a><\/em> (2006)<\/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 read the first five chapters of&nbsp;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&#8217;s manipulation of Harriet, and Emma&#8217;s personality (and how our views of her are changing on this &#8230; <a title=\"Emma: Episode 1, Chapters 1-5\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/emma-episode-1-chapters-1-5\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 1, Chapters 1-5<\/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":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669"}],"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=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}