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Hot and Bothered

Live from Pemberley: A Pair of Fine Eyes (Chapter 5 + 6)

Hot and Bothered

Not Sorry Productions

Books, Feminism, Intersectionality, Arts, Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The Lucases take center stage in Chapters 5+6 of Pride and Prejudice. Vanessa and Lauren discuss the friendship between Charlotte and Lizzy and the way that historical and cultural ideas around masculinity might affect how we read Darcy. 


Thanks to Dr. Kate Fullagar for speaking to us this week about notions of savagery in 18th century England. Our next episode is on May 20th and we'll travel to Netherfield in Chapters 7 and 8.




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0:00.0

Hi everybody, we wanted to let you know that in partnership with the Fetzer Institute,

0:08.0

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0:13.6

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and the Prisoner of Azkaban pilgrimage, we can offer $1,000 scholarships.

0:24.1

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0:30.5

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0:33.6

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0:35.4

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0:45.7

In chapter five, we are still processing the assembly ball.

0:51.0

Chapter four, as you might remember, was Jane and Elizabeth conferring about the ball

0:55.5

just the two of them.

0:56.9

Today, we're talking about chapter five when the whole Lucas family, who are neighbors

1:01.8

of the Bennett's, come over to the Bennett's house to discuss everything that happened

1:06.6

at the previous night's event.

1:09.3

The gossip confirms a few things, one that Bingley seemed to really like Jane, and two

1:16.8

that Darcy was a total jerk to Lizzie.

1:21.3

Darcy's jerkingness is discussed at length, and it is decided that his pride is obviously

1:26.9

the problem.

1:28.6

Charlotte Lucas, a close friend of Lizzie's, says that it's fair that Darcy is so proud.

1:34.6

Elizabeth says that she could more easily forgive Darcy's pride, except that he'd wounded hers.

1:44.9

Chapter six is about Darcy and Lizzie being thrown together again and again.

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