Wit Beyond Measure Podcast
1) The Power of a Note
Persuasion: 21 - 24The long awaited conclusion to the Persuasion conversation!What is the deal with Mr. Elliot? Why did Wentworth just walk out on Anne at in the theater like that? How is all of this ...Show More
2) Anne Finds a Friend
Persuasion: Chapters 17 - 20Anne is still stuck in Bath, but at least now she has a friend. After dealing with her family for too long, Anne is pleased to find an old school friend who is staying in B...Show More
3) Why Did it Have to be Bath?
Persuasion Chapters 13-16 Anne seems to keep finding herself in awkward situations. First she is alone at the Musgrove home while everyone is still in Lyme. Then she retreats to Lady Russell's ho...Show More
4) Anne Elliot is a Snack
Persuasion Chapters 9-12 Anne is finding that having to spend a lot of time around her former lover, Captain Wentworth really isn't that bad. He is always hanging around the Musgrove family and f...Show More
5) It's Fine. Everything is Fine
Persuasion Chapters 5-8Everything is fine, perfectly fine, right Anne? Sure your ex is hanging around. A lot, actually. He is always around. What's up with that? Oh, he is also flirting with your...Show More
6) Meet Anne Elliot
Persuasion: Chapters 1-4Sir Elliot of Kellynch-Hall has high standards. He has no sons, and his heir chose not to marry his eldest daughter. Now he must face a massive lifestyle change to pay his debt...Show More
7) Season 5 Trailer
Persuasion is one of Austen's most popular novels, but somehow Elle still has no idea what it is about. But, she has seen Sweet Home Alabama? Is it the same thing?
8) Mansfield Park with a Twist
Final Mansfield Park adaptations!What would happens if Fanny Price decided to take her life into her own hands? How would her life change? Would Edmund get his just deserts? What if Lady Bertram was r...Show More
9) Mansfield Park "Modernized"
Mansfield Park AdaptationsWhat would life at Mansfield Park look like if it wasn't the early 1800s? What if the park was picked up and moved to 1930s Chicago, or modern day England? What would th...Show More
10) A Modern Look at Austen and Women's Rights to Bodily Autonomy
This week Catrina tells Elle all about a modern Young Adult adaptation of Mansfield Park. Elle shares a list of great books by Indigenous authors to check out, including swooning romances, rom-coms, f...Show More