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Pride and Prejudice, Chapters 58 to 61
58 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2020 at 8:00 am.
Introduction
In which we talk about Chapters 58 to 61
In which we talk about Mr Bennet
In which Ellen talks about what social changes were happening after the book finished
In which Harriet talks about popular culture adaptations
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In this episode, we read the final chapters of Pride and Prejudice. We talk about the dialogue in the final proposal scene, and more generally about proposals in Jane Austen; Mr Bennet’s response to the news, and also Mrs Bennet’s; what the final chapter, and James Austen-Leigh’s Memoir, tells us about what happens next to the characters; the passing reference to the “restoration of peace”; and how the closing sentence is far less memorable than the opening sentence. 

 We discuss the character of Mr Bennet, then Ellen talks about some social changes that happened after the book finished , and Harriet looks at how the adaptations finish – with the surprising discovery that a lot of them give the last word to Mr or Mrs Bennet. 

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