{"id":882,"date":"2025-02-04T00:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2025-02-17T22:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:50:48","slug":"persuasion-episode-3-chapters-7-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/persuasion-episode-3-chapters-7-8\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 3, Chapters 7-8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16552369\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/episodes\/16552369-s05e03-persuasion-chapters-7-and-8.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16552369&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 how Jane Austen tells us about the feelings of Anne and Captain Wentworth, and how the narrator captures Anne&#8217;s emotions; the building up of the relationship between Charles and Mary, and their reaction to Little Charles&#8217; accident; Mrs Musgrove&#8217;s feelings about her son; and Mrs Croft&#8217;s travels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5438eae0-7442-4a82-b856-8f3d4d7ae5d2\">The character we discuss is Captain Wentworth. In the historical section, Harriet&#8217;s partner Michael talks about the Navy, and for popular culture both Harriet and Michael discuss 1995 BBC film adaptation of&nbsp;<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],&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(2006)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/edit?mid=18GT5GkBZsjh4DEFCqiczdt5V9KQB_cDq&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google map<\/a>&nbsp;of locations in&nbsp;<em>Persuasion<\/em><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=18GT5GkBZsjh4DEFCqiczdt5V9KQB_cDq&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Character discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>First Impressions <\/em>podcast, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/firstimpressionspodcast.podbean.com\/e\/ep-17-persuading-kristin-to-like-persuasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ep 17: Persuading Kristin to Like Persuasion<\/a>&#8216;, 22 January 2017.<\/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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/40333-aubrey-maturin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aubrey &amp; Maturin<\/a> novels of Patrick O&#8217;Brien<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/49812-hornblower-saga-chronological-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hornblower <\/a>novels of C.S. Forester <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Cochrane%2C_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Admiral Thomas Cochrane<\/a> (1775-1860)<\/li><li><em>Security to Merchant Ships Act 1707<\/em> (6 Ann. c. 65), generally known as the <em>Cruisers and Convoys Act 1708<\/em><\/li><li>Distribution of prize money:\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table><tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>pre-1808 share<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>post-1808 share<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\">CAPTAIN<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">3\/8*<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">2\/8**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\">CAPTAINS of Marines,Lieutenants,Master and Physician, = share in<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">1\/8<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">1\/8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\">LIEUTENANTS of Marines,Secretary of Admiral,Principal Warrant Officers, Masters Mates,Chaplain, = shares in<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">1\/8<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">1\/8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\">MIDSHIPMEN, Inferior Warrant Officers, Principal Warrant Officers Mates, Marine Sergeants, = shares in<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">1\/8<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">4\/8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\">THE REST = shares in<\/td>\n<td class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center\">1\/8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"has-small-font-size\">*Flag Officers to have one of Captain\u2019s Eighths.<br> \n**Flag Officers to have one third of Captain\u2019s share. <\/td>\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-6a04c79c-2b71-4bda-8e60-882f86531d4b\"><strong>Popular culture discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>BBC Film,\u00a0<em style=\"background-color: initial;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0114117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persuasion<\/a><\/em><span style=\"background-color: initial;\">\u00a0(1995) \u2013 starring Amanda Root and Ciar\u00e1n Hinds<\/span><ul><li>Watch on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NKdcX6jId-M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cobb_steps_1995.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stairs on the Cobb<br><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"662\" class=\"wp-image-884\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cobb_steps_1995.jpg\" alt=\"Steps on the Cobb at Lyme ('Granny's teeth'). Captain Wentworth and Henrietta at the bottom of the steps; Charles and Mary Musgrove at the top. Each step sticks out individually, rather than being joined in a flight.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cobb_steps_1995.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cobb_steps_1995-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cobb_steps_1995-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cobb_steps_1995-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OnAk4yszEgk?si=emp28o-IzIhjFUsO&amp;t=92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisa&#8217;s fall<\/a> (this YouTube video shows the same scene from four different adaptations of <em>Persuasion<\/em>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086993\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bounty<\/a> <\/em>(1984)<\/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 how Jane Austen tells us about the feelings of Anne and Captain Wentworth, and how the narrator captures Anne&#8217;s emotions; the building up of the relationship between Charles and Mary, and their reaction to Little Charles&#8217; accident; Mrs Musgrove&#8217;s feelings about her son; and Mrs Croft&#8217;s travels. The &#8230; <a title=\"Persuasion: Episode 3, Chapters 7-8\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/persuasion-episode-3-chapters-7-8\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 3, Chapters 7-8<\/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\/882"}],"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=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":925,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}