{"id":859,"date":"2024-12-17T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2024-12-17T22:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:29:33","slug":"persuasion-episode-2-chapters-4-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/persuasion-episode-2-chapters-4-6\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 2, Chapters 4-6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16293059\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/episodes\/16293059-s05e02-persuasion-chapters-4-to-6.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16293059&amp;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 talk about how the backstory of Anne and Wentworth is presented without comedy, and yet is absolutely enjoyable. We then move on to the introduction of Mary, and why she is the way she is, Anne&#8217;s skill at dealing with everyone&#8217;s complaints, and the very unsympathetic portrayal of Dick Musgrove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5438eae0-7442-4a82-b856-8f3d4d7ae5d2\">The character we discuss is Lady Russell. In the historical section, Ellen talks about social precedence, and for popular culture Harriet has watched the 1972 Spanish television adaptation of <em>Persuasion<\/em>.<\/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], <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> (2006)<\/li><li>George Eliot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/19089.Middlemarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Middlemarch<\/em> <\/a>(1872)<\/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>Charlotte M. Yonge, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/611947.The_Daisy_Chain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Daisy Chain<\/a><\/em> (1856)<\/li><li>Ethel Turner, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/662786.Seven_Little_Australians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seven Little Australians<\/a> <\/em>(1894)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-32113807-ad72-49f3-b4c3-b96d573803b9\"><strong>Historical discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-7ad8a809-a536-4dd6-ac58-aff177e3b672\"><li>Anthony Powell, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2467144.The_Acceptance_World\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Acceptance World<\/a><\/em> (1955)<\/li><li>The Right Hon. the Countess of *******, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/mixinginsocietyc00coun\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mixing in Society: A Complete Manual of Manners<\/a><\/em> (1870)<\/li><li>Debrett&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/debretts.com\/royal-family\/tables-of-precedence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tables of Precedence<\/a><\/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 id=\"block-b99e9185-012b-437c-a592-eb4b74660191\"><li>TVE, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0663008\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Novela: Persuasi\u00f3n<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(1972) \u2013 starring Maite Blasco and Juan Diego<ul><li>Watch on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL317xD04CcnGJShLNPobEj9Gq0R0S5eUx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Playlist<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/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:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Orfeo_ed_Euridice,_Wq.30_(Gluck,_Christoph_Willibald)\" target=\"_blank\">Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice<\/a>. File from IMSLP.<\/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 talk about how the backstory of Anne and Wentworth is presented without comedy, and yet is absolutely enjoyable. We then move on to the introduction of Mary, and why she is the way she is, Anne&#8217;s skill at dealing with everyone&#8217;s complaints, and the very unsympathetic portrayal of Dick Musgrove. The &#8230; <a title=\"Persuasion: Episode 2, Chapters 4-6\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/persuasion-episode-2-chapters-4-6\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 2, Chapters 4-6<\/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\/859"}],"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=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}