{"id":758,"date":"2023-11-17T21:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2023-11-17T22:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T11:24:17","slug":"emma-episode-7-chapters-32-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/17\/emma-episode-7-chapters-32-36\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 7, Chapters 32-36"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-13989307\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/13989307-s04e07-emma-chapters-32-to-36.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-13989307&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we read chapters 32 to 36 of&nbsp;<em>Emma<\/em>. We talk about the civil society of Highbury, why Jane puts up with Mrs Elton, and Emma&#8217;s dinner party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character we discuss is Mrs Elton, and Ellen talks about governesses. In the popular culture section, Harriet talks about the 2013 YouTube series <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL_ePOdU-b3xcKOsj8aU2Tnztt6N9mEmur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma Approved<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Character discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Diana Birchall,&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(1999)<\/li><li>John Mullan [Editor],&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/emma-9780198837756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Oxford World&#8217;s Classics Edition of the Works of Jane Austen: Emma<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2022)<\/li><li>Mary Deforest, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/jasna.org\/persuasions\/printed\/number9\/deforest.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs. Elton and the Slave Trade<\/a>\u2018&nbsp;<em>Persuasions<\/em>&nbsp;9, 1987<\/li><li>Lona Manning, &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonamanning.ca\/blog\/cmp130a-what-is-austen-saying-with-mrs-elton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Austen saying with Mrs. Elton?<\/a>&#8216;, 9 February 2023<\/li><li>John Sutherland,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/161100.Can_Jane_Eyre_Be_Happy_?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Can Jane Eyre be happy?<\/em><\/a> (2000)<\/li><li>Thomas Gray, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/44299\/elegy-written-in-a-country-churchyard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard<\/a>&#8216; (1751)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Elizabeth Eastlake, &#8216;<em>Vanity Fair <\/em>and <em>Jane Eyre<\/em>&#8216;, <em>Quarterly Review<\/em> 84, 1848<\/li><li>Anna Jameson, <em>The Diary of an Ennuy\u00e9e<\/em> (1826)<\/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>Maria Edgeworth,&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(1801)<\/li><li>Ellen Jordan, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17496494-the-women-s-movement-and-women-s-employment-in-nineteenth-century-britai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Women&#8217;s Movement and Women&#8217;s Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain<\/a><\/em> (1999)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"888\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1851-governesses-milliners-and-domestic-servants-888x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Graph showing percentages of governesses, female milliners and domestic servants in various age groups as shown in the census of 1851\" class=\"wp-image-760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1851-governesses-milliners-and-domestic-servants-888x1024.jpg 888w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1851-governesses-milliners-and-domestic-servants-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1851-governesses-milliners-and-domestic-servants-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1851-governesses-milliners-and-domestic-servants-1332x1536.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1851-governesses-milliners-and-domestic-servants.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><figcaption>Graph showing percentages of governesses, female milliners and domestic servants in various age groups as shown in the census of 1851.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Popular culture discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Main version considered:<ul><li>YouTube, Pemberley Digital,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL_ePOdU-b3xcKOsj8aU2Tnztt6N9mEmur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emma Approved<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2013) \u2013 starring Joanna Sotomura and Brent Bailey<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Other references<ul><li>YouTube, Pemberley Digital,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXfbQAimgtbk4RAUHtIAUww\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lizzie Bennet Diaries<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(2012) \u2013 starring Ashley Clements and Daniel Vincent Gordh<\/li><li>Paramount Pictures,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0112697\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Clueless<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(1995) \u2013 starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd<\/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 32 to 36 of&nbsp;Emma. We talk about the civil society of Highbury, why Jane puts up with Mrs Elton, and Emma&#8217;s dinner party. The character we discuss is Mrs Elton, and Ellen talks about governesses. In the popular culture section, Harriet talks about the 2013 YouTube series Emma Approved. &#8230; <a title=\"Emma: Episode 7, Chapters 32-36\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/17\/emma-episode-7-chapters-32-36\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 7, Chapters 32-36<\/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\/758"}],"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=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}