Pride and Prejudice, Chapters 19 to 26

In this episode, we talk about the two marriage proposals by Mr Collins, the precise timetabling of the events, and the matter of obedience to one’s parents.

We discuss Charlotte Lucas in some detail, and then Ellen talks about the ‘marriage market’. Harriet looks at where the two mini-series versions of Pride and Prejudice have their episode breaks in this section, the fact that in some versions Mr Bennet can see through Wickham, how Charlotte is presented in the 2005 movie, and her favourite song in Bride and Prejudice.

Things we mention:

 Books:

• The works of Charlotte M. Yonge
• Lawrence Stone, The Family, Sex and Marriage in England, 1500-1800 (1977)
• Edward Shorter
• Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey (1768)
• Henry MacKenzie, The Man of Feeling (1771)
• The works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• The US Declaration of Independence
• Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, The Spectator (1711-1712)

Popular culture:

• BBC, Pride and Prejudice (1980) – starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul
• BBC, Pride and Prejudice (1995) – starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth
• Focus Features, Pride & Prejudice (2005) – starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen
• Pathé Pictures International, Bride and Prejudice (2004) – starring Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson 
  • ‘No life without wife’

Creative commons music used

•  Extract from Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 38. Performance by Ivan Ilić, recorded in Manchester in December, 2006. File originally from IMSLP.
• Extract from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, iii. Allegretto Grazioso. File originally from Musopen.
• Extract from George Frideric Handel, Suite I, No. 2 in F Major, ii. Allegro. File originally from Musopen.
•  Extract from Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice. File from IMSLP. 
• Extract from Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major. File originally from Musopen.