Jane Austen: The novel and social realism

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[@rebeccapickering74]

I am a huge Fan of Austen's work and I have greatly enjoyed the insights that this video provided on the style of her writing. Thank you!

[@Dara604]

Thank you for this! I am starting to re-read Jane's novels again, and am starting to gain a more deeper understanding and appreciation of the social realism and way of life that she captured in her novels. I also got a better understanding of her writing style. From a loyal Janeite, Dara

[@ellie698]

The Great thing about reading Austen is that every time you re read you notice something you didn't notice before. Especially if you've listened to John Mullan 😆

[@Maranatha621]

Love it Thank you so much for this video!

[@jamest3336]

Your video series has helped greatly, thank you Kathryn.

[@paulharvey2396]

thank you for these useful pointers, very good indeed.

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[@plumup]

I have so enjoyed the videos Kathryn Sutherland has given us about Jane Austen's work.

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[@shimone5198]

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[@Earo16]

I love this

[@glendodds3824]

It is of course true that there is a lot of realism in Austen's novels but some of the things she says should not be taken at face value. For instance, in Persuasion, Anne Elliot is the 27-year-old daughter of a baronet but has never seen her father in the company of nobility. Hence people conclude that baronets, the lowest ranking holders of an hereditary title, were kept at arm’s length by people with grander titles. But in real life it would have been extraordinary for a 27-year-old baronet’s daughter to have never seen her father in the company of earls and viscounts etc because they moved in the same social circles. Presumably, Austen wanted to indicate that Sir Walter Elliot was side-lined because he was such a pompous fool. The fact that he was a baronet was not the issue. Furthermore, Anne’s elder sister Elizabeth is obsessed with the idea of marrying a baronet or someone with baronet’s blood. Hence people assume that the daughters of baronets were too insignificant to marry dukes etc but that was not the case. For instance, in 1810 Anna Maria Dashwood married the Marquess of Ely and one of her contemporaries, Kitty, Countess of Carnarvon, was the daughter of a baronet’s eldest son. Moreover, Emily, Countess Cowper (a leading figure at Almack’s, the exclusive high society club in London) was the granddaughter of baronets.

[@lieska333]

The reason Anne had not seen them in contact with nobility is they simply left her at home which is clearly stated in the novel.

[@glendodds3824]

Nevertheless, it would have been the norm for a baronet to entertain aristocrats at his country seat.

[@LukeDeGance]

yo.... this has no right going that hard

[@thomasitataylor6450]

Background music is too loud

[@LukeDeGance]

also i love the Minecraft music

[@willtowin9996]

Austen is very smart

[@infinitafenix3153]

This is good enough, the music is unnecessary... it makes listening difficult. I wonder why people always add music to this kind of videos where the words are the most relevant element.

[@jackierowland1703]

I agree about the music! I cannot hear the speaker because of the music. I wear hearing aids and it just does not work. Please cut the music!

[@IndomitableT]

@@jackierowland1703. Would it help with the captions on?🤔🤞🏼🍀

[@jesuisravi]

what about Clarissa? Was there ever a character granted more psychic space than she was? Without Samuel, no Jane.

[@ЛесьНаварийский]

Творчество Джейн Остен,как и любого другого незамутнённого художника,это взгляд Бога в земную жизнь,подобно тому как человек опускает голову в реку с открытыми глазами или в маске,если вода не очень чистая.Водяной,глава этого участка реки,рыбы,её обитатели,с интересом наблюдают за тем что делает эта "маска"."Маска же в свою очередь пытается донести до Водяного и рыб Свой голос.В случае с Джейн Остен была и "маска",были и "глаза",была и река,далёкая от чистоты.

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

HI I rather think that the balls and the picnics were Jane Austen's vehicles to energise the goings on between her wonderful panoply of characters, whose conversations carried them from one setting to the next. Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.

[@ant7936]

Do we really need the Chinese chimes? FFS!

[@benedictcowell6547]

Jane Austen seems to have been acquainted with Kant, probably through Coleridge. Personal Ethics versus social morality

[@benedictcowell6547]

Why this gratuitous back ground music, it is not necessary and actually distracting