{"id":922,"date":"2025-03-18T21:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2025-04-27T20:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:42:03","slug":"persuasion-episode-4-chapters-9-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/persuasion-episode-4-chapters-9-10\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 4, Chapters 9-10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16814004\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/829264\/episodes\/16814004-s05e04-persuasion-chapters-9-and-10.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16814004&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 has solved the problem of the infodump, the realism of the scene with little Walter, how she shows the relations within families, and how events on the walk to Winthrop affect Wentworth&#8217;s feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5438eae0-7442-4a82-b856-8f3d4d7ae5d2\">The characters we discuss are Louisa and Henrietta Musgrove. In the historical section, Ellen talks about curates, and for popular culture Harriet discusses the 2007 ITV film adaptation of\u00a0<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:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Edgeworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Edgeworth<\/a> (reference in the <em>Persuasion <\/em>footnotes is to <em>A Memoir of Maria Edgeworth with a Selection from her Letters <\/em>(1867), vold. 2, pp. 5-6.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Character discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Irene Collins,&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(2002)<\/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 Trollope, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/149789.The_Last_Chronicle_of_Barset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Last Chronicle of Barset<\/a><\/em> (1867)<\/li><li><em>Stipendiary Curate Act 1713<\/em>&nbsp;<\/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><li>Clerkenwell Films, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0844330\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persuasion<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(2007) \u2013 starring Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones<ul><li>Watch on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgjCPrLb9UxIxXJSvy-unoeT7EqHYI5Ky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cobb_steps_2007.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stairs on the Cobb<br><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"591\" class=\"wp-image-928\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cobb_steps_2007.png\" alt=\"Steps on the Cobb at Lyme from the 2007 adaptation of Persuasion.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cobb_steps_2007.png 1080w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cobb_steps_2007-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cobb_steps_2007-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cobb_steps_2007-768x420.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OnAk4yszEgk?si=emp28o-IzIhjFUsO&amp;t=158\" 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><\/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:\/\/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 has solved the problem of the infodump, the realism of the scene with little Walter, how she shows the relations within families, and how events on the walk to Winthrop affect Wentworth&#8217;s feelings. The characters we discuss are Louisa and Henrietta Musgrove. In the historical &#8230; <a title=\"Persuasion: Episode 4, Chapters 9-10\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/persuasion-episode-4-chapters-9-10\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><em>Persuasion<\/em>: Episode 4, Chapters 9-10<\/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\/922"}],"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=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":946,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions\/946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingjaneausten.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}