This month we finished watching the last three episodes of Mansfield Park produced by the BBC. Well, almost finished, as time ran out before we could see the last of the series. Not to worry, most of us had dipped into the book and knew that the cousins, Edmund and Fanny, eventually got married, while Henry Crawford and his sister Mary had their hopes of love dashed even though they were a lively pair and somewhat unconventional and ahead of their times.
Was Fanny too harsh in rejecting Henry Crawford when he proposed? Afterall, she had only seen him kissing her cousin Maria, an engaged girl, when they were rehearsing a play. Still back in the 1820s such behaviour could never be tolerated by some of the insular members of the country gentry, even though times were changing.
We will conclude by watching films of the last two of Austen’s books: Emma in August and Northanger Abbey in September. These are both excellent British productions of under 2 hours length and each will fit into one session. Anyone who is not enrolled in the course is also invited to come along and watch these films on the big screen in the U3A room.
Meg Dillon
Was Fanny too harsh in rejecting Henry Crawford when he proposed? Afterall, she had only seen him kissing her cousin Maria, an engaged girl, when they were rehearsing a play. Still back in the 1820s such behaviour could never be tolerated by some of the insular members of the country gentry, even though times were changing.
We will conclude by watching films of the last two of Austen’s books: Emma in August and Northanger Abbey in September. These are both excellent British productions of under 2 hours length and each will fit into one session. Anyone who is not enrolled in the course is also invited to come along and watch these films on the big screen in the U3A room.
Meg Dillon
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