About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss the concluding chapters of Persuasion, focusing on character dynamics and historical context.

In our final episode on Persuasion, we talk about how much more satisfactory this is than the original ending, the purpose of the discussion between Mrs Croft and Mrs Musgrove, the conversation between Anne and Captain Harville, Wentworth’s letter, his feeling that he had a moral obligation to marry Louisa and the wrap-up of the story. The character we discuss is Anne Elliot. In the historical section, Michael talks about the British Navy at the end of, and after, the Napoleonic Wars, and for...

People in this episode

Hosts: Harriet, Ellen

Topics covered

• Persuasion
• character analysis
• historical context
• British Navy
• moral obligation
• story wrap-up

Keywords

• Persuasion
• Jane Austen
• Anne Elliot
• British Navy
• Napoleonic Wars
• Wentworth
• character analysis
• historical discussion

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Organizations: British Navy

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