The Jane Austen Book Club

625 00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:37,570 That's not Jane's theme, is it? 626 00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:38,575 Jane? 627 00:34:38,993 --> 00:34:39,993 That's cozy. 628 00:34:42,121 --> 00:34:45,831 What we're meant to see is not the lack of passion 629 00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:49,165 so much as the control of it, and the not giving in. 630 00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:50,740 Après moi, le deluge. 631 00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:55,383 But Prudie's right, it is in all the novels. 632 00:34:55,384 --> 00:34:57,594 Sense and Sensibility, obviously. 633 00:34:57,595 --> 00:35:00,425 Oh, and then there's Maria's infidelity in Mansfield Park. 634 00:35:00,431 --> 00:35:02,681 I forgot there's infidelity in Mansfield Park. 635 00:35:02,683 --> 00:35:04,353 Austen's all about keeping it zipped. 636 00:35:04,354 --> 00:35:09,022 Yeah, but isn't physical attraction one of the ungovernable forces? 637 00:35:09,023 --> 00:35:12,073 You know, like gravity. That's what we like about it. 638 00:35:12,074 --> 00:35:16,808 You know, downhill, release the brakes, loosen your grip, and whoo! 639 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,275 Yeah. Love makes people crazy. 640 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:21,660 It does not excuse bad behavior. 641 00:35:21,661 --> 00:35:22,661 I agree. 642 00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:26,710 And Mr. Knightley is violently in love. "Violently!" His word. 643 00:35:26,711 --> 00:35:28,747 And yet, he's never anything but a gentleman. 644 00:35:28,751 --> 00:35:30,710 Yeah, a gentleman who scolds people. 645 00:35:30,711 --> 00:35:31,931 Oh, not everyone. 646 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:34,303 You know, just, uh, Emma, just the woman that he loves. 647 00:35:34,304 --> 00:35:36,268 C'est vrai. C'est typique. 648 00:35:36,592 --> 00:35:38,971 A man can do whatever he likes to the woman he loves. 649 00:35:38,972 --> 00:35:40,889 I don't think that's what Austen's saying. 650 00:35:40,890 --> 00:35:44,138 Actually, Emma stops being crazy when she falls for Mr. Knightley. 651 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,939 It's the event of the book. Love is an act of sanity. 652 00:35:46,940 --> 00:35:50,396 One thing that I noticed about Emma is the sense of menace. 653 00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:53,618 The gypsies, Jane Fairfax's boating accident, 654 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:55,612 Mr. Woodhouse's worries. 655 00:35:55,613 --> 00:35:59,281 Austen's entire thesis is that none of these things are real, Grigg. 656 00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:03,122 I mean, Emma, she acts on the basis of her fantasies. 657 00:36:03,911 --> 00:36:06,499 Yes, Grigg, I'm afraid you've just entirely missed the point. 658 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,287 You know, I've read that the Emma plot, 659 00:36:08,291 --> 00:36:10,081 the humbling of the pretty, know-it-all girl 660 00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:12,004 is the most popular plot of all time. 661 00:36:12,005 --> 00:36:13,883 Yes, universally satisfying. 662 00:36:15,882 --> 00:36:17,862 Okay. Well, what bothered me 663 00:36:18,134 --> 00:36:21,386 was how Emma kept forcing her friend Harriet on Mr. Elton. 664 00:36:21,387 --> 00:36:23,257 And then she finds out who Harriet's father is, 665 00:36:23,264 --> 00:36:25,473 and suddenly, "Ew!" She's lucky to get the farmer. 666 00:36:25,474 --> 00:36:26,980 I think Jane was being ironic there. 667 00:36:26,981 --> 00:36:28,685 I think some readers might miss that. 668 00:36:28,686 --> 00:36:30,596 Please. 669 00:36:30,605 --> 00:36:32,515 People are instinctively drawn to partners 670 00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:34,232 who are their near equal in looks. 671 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:36,990 The pretty marry the pretty, the ugly the ugly. 672 00:36:36,991 --> 00:36:39,446 To the detriment of the breed, in my opinion. 673 00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:42,167 God, you're such an Emma. Isn't she? 674 00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:45,743 You'd love to pair up the whole world, from dogs to people. 675 00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:47,725 Put me together with Daniel. 676 00:36:51,292 --> 00:36:53,512 And you had beautiful children. 677 00:36:56,547 --> 00:36:58,807 Oh, no, don't get up, Jocelyn. 678 00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:01,442 I'll get the tea. Sorry. 679 00:37:04,472 --> 00:37:05,472 Mom. 680 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:29,996 I hope we didn't scare Grigg away. 681 00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:32,037 Yeah, he sure got out of here fast. 682 00:37:32,041 --> 00:37:34,071 Yeah, we'll toughen him up. 683 00:37:34,293 --> 00:37:35,672 Was the book club a bad idea? 684 00:37:35,673 --> 00:37:39,670 Austen has a way of making you forget that most marriages end in divorce. 685 00:37:39,674 --> 00:37:41,930 Well, she's all about the weddings, Jane. 686 00:37:41,931 --> 00:37:43,885 Yeah, "Jane." Did you catch that? 687 00:37:43,886 --> 00:37:47,206 Oh, Prudie? "Jane and I, we know our themes." 688 00:37:47,223 --> 00:37:49,643 And why