Sense & Sensibility: Vol. I, chapters 9-15

Close Reads Podcast

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Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Further up and further (as they say)! Join David, Heidi, and special guest Karen Swallow Prior (author of the much-loved book, On Reading Well) as they continue their discussion of Jane Austen's classic novel. Topics of conversation include: How the irony and satire in the book ought to be read for each character, how Jane Austen portrays her male characters, the question of making judgments as readers, and much, much more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Close Reeds here on the Close Reads Podcast Network.
0:15.6	I'm David Kern and I am joined by Heidi White and our very special guest, Karen Swallow
0:20.3	Prior. Karen, Heidi, welcome back to the show. Hello. Thanks our very special guest, Karen Swallow Prior.
0:22.3	Karen, Heidi, welcome back to the show.
0:22.9	Hello.
0:23.5	Thanks, David.
0:25.7	So, Karen, I have a question for you.
0:26.7	Yes.
0:32.3	Did your family that was in town actually leave you alone while you were recording last week?
0:36.1	Yes, they did.
0:43.3	And I still have some family here, and I just called them and said, don't forget, I'm recording a podcast.
0:47.2	So anyway. Do they know what podcasts are?
0:51.3	That I don't know.
0:58.1	They've been around for a while now. And I've been doing this for a long time, and I still get people who say, wait, a what now?
1:01.6	But, you know, we're in the business of education, so.
1:02.3	That's right.
1:04.6	We are here to discuss sense and sensibility.
1:08.6	We are going to be discussing volume one, chapters 9 through 15. So that section ends with the chapter where Willoughby departs and Eleanor and Mrs. Adach
1:16.5	would debate the whole situation.
1:19.3	So that's where the section ends.
1:22.1	And we will be finishing volume one next week.
1:25.8	So just for everyone getting their bearings.
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