{"id":737,"date":"2023-09-10T23:19:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=737"},"modified":"2023-09-10T23:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:22:45","slug":"emma-episode-6-chapters-27-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/10\/emma-episode-6-chapters-27-31\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 6, Chapters 27-31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-13562471\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/13562471-s04e06-emma-chapters-27-to-31.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-13562471&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read chapters 27 to 31 of\u00a0<em>Emma<\/em>. We talk about the entwined group of people who visit one another, how so many scenes read differently the second time through, Miss Bates&#8217;s monologues, Jane and the piano, reactions to the plan of having a ball, and Emma encouraging Harriet to stop thinking about Mr Elton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character we discuss is Harriet Smith, and Ellen talks about illegitimacy. In the popular culture section, Harriet talks about the 1995 modernisation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0112697\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Clueless<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, we are now on Instagram, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reading_jane_austen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reading_jane_austen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><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><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Character discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Edith Lank, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/jasna.org\/persuasions\/printed\/number7\/lank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe word was blunder\u201d: Who was Harriet Smith\u2019s Mother?<\/a>&#8216; <em>Persuasions<\/em> 7, 1985: 14-15<\/li><li>Helena Kelly, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/32441705-jane-austen-the-secret-radical\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Austen, the Secret Radical<\/a><\/em> (2016)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Weber\" target=\"_blank\">Max Weber<\/a> (1864-1920)<\/li><li>Claire Tomalin, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/11202585-charles-dickens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charles Dickens<\/a><\/em> (2011)<\/li><li>Christine Kenyon Jones, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/jasna.org\/persuasions\/on-line\/vol31no1\/jones.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ambiguous Cousinship: <em>Mansfield Park<\/em> and the Mansfield Family<\/a>&#8216; <em>Persuasions<\/em> On-line 31 (1), 2010<ul><li><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"858\" class=\"wp-image-741\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dido_Elizabeth_Belle.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay (1761-1804) and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray (1760-1825)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dido_Elizabeth_Belle.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dido_Elizabeth_Belle-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dido_Elizabeth_Belle-768x659.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>BBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8654112\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olivia Colman<\/a> episode of <em>Who Do You Think You Are<\/em> (2018), Season 15, Episode 2<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Popular culture discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Main version considered:<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><\/ul><\/li><li>Other 1990s\/2000s high school films based on classic literature<ul><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0147800\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 Things I Hate About You<\/a><\/em> (1999), based on <em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0139134\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cruel Intentions<\/a> <\/em>(1999), based on <em>Les Liaisons dangereuses<\/em><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0160862\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She&#8217;s All That<\/a><\/em> (1999), based on <em>Pygmalion <\/em>\/ <em>My Fair Lady<\/em><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0184791\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O<\/a><\/em> (2001), based on <em>Othello<\/em><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0454945\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She&#8217;s the Man<\/a> <\/em>(2006), based on <em>Twelfth Night<\/em><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1282140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Easy A<\/a><\/em> (2010), based on <em>The Scarlet Letter<\/em><\/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 chapters 27 to 31 of\u00a0Emma. We talk about the entwined group of people who visit one another, how so many scenes read differently the second time through, Miss Bates&#8217;s monologues, Jane and the piano, reactions to the plan of having a ball, and Emma encouraging Harriet to stop thinking about &#8230; <a title=\"Emma: Episode 6, Chapters 27-31\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/10\/emma-episode-6-chapters-27-31\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 6, Chapters 27-31<\/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\/737"}],"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=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}