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Podcast: Reading Jane Austen
Episode: S02E07 Sense and Sensibility, Chapters 32 to 36
Description: In this episode, we read Chapters 32 to 36 of Sense and Sensibility. We talk about how this is a transitional section, and yet contains some of the funniest scenes in the book. We consider the different styles of the intertwined plots (the ‘Marianne plot’, the ‘Elinor plot’ and the ‘moral story’), talk about the comic scenes with Robert Ferrars and with John Dashwood, and the emotional – but also funny – scene with Edward. We also talk about primogeniture and family obligations.We discuss Mrs Dashwood, and Ellen talks about the London locations in the book (see also this map Harriet has put...