S05E09 Persuasion, Chapter 21 and the cancelled Chapter 22
From Reading Jane Austen by Harriet and Ellen
December 26, 2025 · 60 min · Season 5 · Episode 9
About this episode
The episode discusses Chapter 21 of Persuasion and the original version of Chapter 22 that Jane Austen rewrote.
In this much-delayed episode (recorded months ago, but stuck in editing limbo), we look at Chapter 21, and the original version of Chapter 22, which Jane Austen rewrote before publication to become the Chapters 22 and 23 we now have. This cancelled chapter is available in many modern editions of the book. We talk about Mrs Smith’s infodump about Mr Elliot, her change in tone, her patronising attitude towards Nurse Rooke, how in the cancelled chapter Anne was more of an observer (compared to t...
Topics covered
- Persuasion
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Jane Austen
- literature analysis
Keywords
- Mrs Smith
- Mr Elliot
- Nurse Rooke
- cancelled chapter
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Products: Persuasion
Books & works: S05E09 Persuasion
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