{"id":810,"date":"2024-06-10T19:54:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2024-06-10T19:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:54:19","slug":"emma-episode-11-chapters-51-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/emma-episode-11-chapters-51-55\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 11, Chapters 51-55"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-15222762\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/15222762-s04e11-emma-chapters-51-to-55.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-15222762&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we finish up\u00a0<em>Emma<\/em> with chapters 51 to 55. We talk about the decision for Mr Knightley to move to Hartfield, the resolution of Harriet&#8217;s story, and the final scenes between Mr and Mrs Elton. We also reflect on the insights we have gained through this close reading of <em>Emma<\/em>, and how it has changed our views of the novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character we discuss is Jane Fairfax. In the historical section, Ellen briefly revisits her earlier comments about vicars, and then talks about magistrates. For popular culture Harriet talks about four books that retell some or all of the story through the point of view of a different character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Things we mention:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General and character discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Richard Cronin and Dorothy McMillan [Editors],\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/au\/universitypress\/subjects\/literature\/literary-texts\/emma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen: Emma<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2005)<\/li><li>Janet Saidi, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/austenconnection.substack.com\/p\/jane-fairfax-drops-the-mic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Fairfax Drops the Mic<\/a>&#8216;, <em>The Austen Connection <\/em> (9 September 2021)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>William Savage,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/penandpension.com\/2018\/05\/16\/the-georgian-clergy-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018The Georgian Clergy\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Pen and Pension<\/em>\u00a0(16 May 2018)<\/li><li>Charlotte M. Yonge, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43763834-talks-about-the-laws-we-live-under-or-at-langley-night-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Talks about the Laws We Live Under<\/a><\/em> (1850)<\/li><li>Irene Collins,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2393040.Jane_Austen_and_the_Clergy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Austen and the Clergy<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1994)<\/li><li>Alan Lambert, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sas.ac.uk\/amicus\/article\/view\/1668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">650 years of the office of Justice of the Peace\/Magistrate<\/a>&#8216;, <em>Amicus Curiae<\/em> Issue 88 (2011) <\/li><li>Elizabeth Gaskell, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1227202.My_Lady_Ludlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Lady Ludlow<\/a><\/em> (1858)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Popular culture discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Naomi Royde-Smith,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/55290555-jane-fairfax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jane Fairfax<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1940)<ul><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) &#8211; the character of Becky Sharpe appears in <em>Jane Fairfax<\/em><\/li><li>Characters from the novels of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Edgeworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Edgeworth<\/a> also appear (and probably other novelists as well)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Joan Austen-Leigh,\u00a0<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>\u00a0(1995)<\/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><li>Amanda Grange,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/443231.Mr_Knightley_s_Diary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Knightley\u2019s Diary<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2006)<\/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 finish up\u00a0Emma with chapters 51 to 55. We talk about the decision for Mr Knightley to move to Hartfield, the resolution of Harriet&#8217;s story, and the final scenes between Mr and Mrs Elton. We also reflect on the insights we have gained through this close reading of Emma, and how it &#8230; <a title=\"Emma: Episode 11, Chapters 51-55\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/emma-episode-11-chapters-51-55\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Emma<\/em>: Episode 11, Chapters 51-55<\/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\/810"}],"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=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}