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Podcast: Reading Jane Austen
Episode: S02E05 Sense and Sensibility, Chapters 21 to 25
Description: In this episode, we read Chapters 21to 25 of Sense and Sensibility. We talk about Jane Austen’s use of compound sentences, Lady Middleton’s concern with gentility, the verbal fencing match between Elinor and Lucy, Elinor’s emotions, and Mrs Jennings’ invitation to Elinor and Marianne.We discuss Lucy and Anne Steele, and then Ellen talks about childhood in the time of Jane Austen. Harriet talks about adaptations, and two of the modernisations.At the end of the episode, we respond to some listener feedback about the book Jane Austen, the Secret Radical. As an extensio...