Sense & Sensibility: Volume 2, chapters 8-14
Close Reads Podcast
Goldberry Studios
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Join David, Heidi, and very special guest, Karen Swallow Prior, as they chat about volume 2 of Jane Austen's classic novel. Conversation focuses on which character most bears the essence of the novel, whether there are any ideal types in the book, and the characterization that makes Austen so important (and amazing).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to Close Reads here on the Close Reeds Podcast Network. I'm David Kern and I am joined by Heidi White and our very special guest, Karen Swallow Pryor. Karen and Heidi, welcome back to the show. Thanks for being here. |
| 0:15.8 | Hi, David. We're here to discuss sensibility as we have been for the last, I don't know, |
| 0:21.6 | four or five episodes. We're going to finish discussing volume two chapters eight through |
| 0:27.9 | 14. Those of you that have to do a little math, I'll leave that to you, but basically, I think |
| 0:34.0 | you pretty much know where we're going. I'm going to summarize here in a second |
| 0:37.9 | those sections, those chapters in that section, |
| 0:40.8 | because a lot happens here, |
| 0:42.7 | and a couple of people sent me messages saying, |
| 0:45.3 | it's disorienting when we just dive right in in a book like this, |
| 0:48.6 | because there are a lot of chapters and a lot is happening, |
| 0:52.3 | which is funny because people said that nothing happens |
| 0:54.3 | in this book. So I like getting both of those comments at the same time. I want to remind people, |
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| 1:12.7 | we have very mellow guard dogs. So we will let you in to join the conversation. There's been |
| 1:18.3 | lots of good conversation and dialogue about this book. Before we dive into our conversation here |
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