Mansfield Park Chapter 38

We skip reading the chapter this week as it's 10 pages! Our analysis starts around 1 minute 40 seconds.Fanny and William journey to Portsmouth. Their arrival is very, very noisy.We briefly discuss how opinions can make arseholes of us, how language u...

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Apr 29, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 37

We begin with a reading of chapter 37 - the analysis starts at 18 minutes and 26 seconds (skip here to miss the reading).William returns then leaves for Portsmouth, taking Fanny with him, which is all part of Sir Thomas's devious plan to make Fanny w...

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Apr 22, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 36

Fanny tries to avoid Miss Crawford but can't, yet she manages to avoid being yelled atIf you'd like to support the podcast you can donate on Ko-fiYou can find Frances on Twitter or at her website Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi F...

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Apr 15, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 35

Edmund does his fathers dirty work and talks to Fanny about Mr Crawford.The quote from Emma is: "A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her"The episode of From Mansfield with Love mentioned is hereIf y...

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Apr 08, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 34

Edmund returns but is supportive of Mr Crawford's pursuit of FannyIf you'd like to support the podcast you can donate on Ko-fiYou can find Frances on Twitter or at her website Support the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find Frances on YouTu...

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Apr 01, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 33

Mr Crawford makes his formal proposal, is rejected again and pisses off FannyIf you'd like to support the podcast you can donate on Ko-fiYou can find Frances on Twitter or at her websiteSupport the podcast and hear episodes early on Ko-fi Find France...

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Mar 25, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 32

This is a heavy chapter but for the first time we're able to understand Sir Thomas's perspectiveYou can find the video I mention about Mr Rushworth's guilt on YouTubeIf you'd like to support the podcast you can donate on Ko-fiYou can find Frances on...

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Mar 18, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 31

In chapter 31 Mr Crawford finally does it - he proposes to Fanny. We keep trying to find excuses for him and wish that it had ended differently...have we been seduced by him too??If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate on Ko-fiYou can fin...

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Mar 11, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 30

Chapter 30 focusses entirely on the Crawford siblings. Henry is back and declares he wants to marry Fanny (but he hasn't asked her yet).If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate on Ko-fiYou can find Frances on Twitter or at her websiteSuppo...

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Mar 04, 2022
Mansfield Park Chapter 29

In the aftermath of the ball things settle down to a quiet time for Fanny. She misses her brother and Edmund but she's grateful for praise from the Bertram's. For Mary it's an entirely different experience, Edmund's absence is making her frankly para...

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Feb 25, 2022