Latest Mr darcy Podcast Episodes
The Power of a Note
Wit Beyond Measure - March 17, 2023 17:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPersuasion: 21 - 24 The 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 drama going to come to an end? Can Anne even handle it!? Of course she can, this is Austen a...
Anne Finds a Friend
Wit Beyond Measure - December 14, 2022 19:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPersuasion: Chapters 17 - 20 Anne 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 Bath due to illness and financial troubles. What's more, the Crofts have come to Bath as well a...
Why Did it Have to be Bath?
Wit Beyond Measure - November 08, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPersuasion 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 home only to be asked to spend the day with the Croft's in Kellynch Hall. When the Musgroves return a...
Anne Elliot is a Snack
Wit Beyond Measure - October 28, 2022 03:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPersuasion 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 flirting with Louisa and Henrietta. He is always nice and cordial to Anne. He fails to catch Louisa...
It's Fine. Everything is Fine
Wit Beyond Measure - October 20, 2022 02:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPersuasion Chapters 5-8 Everything 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 sisters-in-law. Yeah, it's fine. It's fine. Everything is totally fine. This week Elle and Catri...
Meet Anne Elliot
Wit Beyond Measure - October 13, 2022 02:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPersuasion: Chapters 1-4 Sir 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 debts, and he isn't thrilled about the prospect of renting his home. Luckily his clever middle dau...
Season 5 Trailer
Wit Beyond Measure - September 15, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPersuasion 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?
Mansfield Park with a Twist
Wit Beyond Measure - August 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsFinal 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 really into ancient Egyptian artifacts? What if she accidentally woke up an ancient mummy, who ...
Mansfield Park "Modernized"
Wit Beyond Measure - July 13, 2022 20:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park Adaptations What 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 the story look like without the societal restrictions of the time, but with the modern inconveniences...
A Modern Look at Austen and Women's Rights to Bodily Autonomy
Wit Beyond Measure - July 05, 2022 22:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis 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, fiction, and poetry. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided that the historic ruling of Roe...
A Modern Look at Austen and Women's Rights to Bodily Autonomy
Wit Beyond Measure - July 05, 2022 22:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis 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, fiction, and poetry. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided that the historic ruling of Roe...
Prequels and Sequels
Wit Beyond Measure - June 18, 2022 15:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park book adaptations What was Mrs Norris' life like before the events in Mansfield Park? How did she become one of the least liked characters in all of Austen's novels? What happened after Fanny and Edmund's happily ever after? What does the future look like for Susan Price, Tom Bert...
Mansfield from a Different Point of View
Wit Beyond Measure - June 01, 2022 18:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis week Elle and Catrina discuss a few Mansfield Park book adaptations. What would Mansfield Park look like through the point of view of Edmund Bertram? How would Mary Crawford tell her won story? These adaptations look at the story through different points of view. Elle read Edmund Bertram'...
2007 Mansfield Park Film
Wit Beyond Measure - May 20, 2022 18:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park - 2007 - Staring Billie Piper and Hayley Atwell This 2007 adaptation might ring truer to the books for some, while still falling flat for others. Only inspired by the novel - unlike the 1999 version - this is a true adaptation of Mansfield Park. But does it hold up? Does it do th...
1999 Mansfield Park Film Adaptation
Wit Beyond Measure - May 11, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park - 1999 - Staring Frances O'Connor and Johnny Lee Miller What happens to Mansfield Park if Fanny Price was more like Jane Austen? This adaptation of Mansfield Park is far from a true adaptation. In the title sequence it says that the film was inspired by Mansfield Park and Jane Au...
Our Final Thoughts on Mansfield Park
Wit Beyond Measure - May 05, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis week Elle and Catrina wrap up Mansfield Park and discuss some things that really stuck out to them. Elle was very interested in looking at how this book strongly focuses on morality and how modern readers may find a connection with Fanny Price to be somewhat of a stretch. Catrina was inter...
Happily Ever After?
Wit Beyond Measure - April 28, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 44-48 In these final chapters of the novel, Fanny is stuck in Portsmouth while chaos is happening in London. Letters arrive to the Price household describing Tom Bertram's (junior) serious illness, Maria's indiscretion, and Mary Crawford's conniving. In the aftermath, E...
Sir Thomas Was Right?
Wit Beyond Measure - April 20, 2022 21:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 39-43 Fanny is super unhappy in Portsmith. Her house is hectic and her family doesn't seem to care that she is there. But don't worry, things are only going to get weirder when Henry Crawford shows up. At least there hasn't been any word about an engagement from Edmund ...
The Audacity of Edmund Bertram
Wit Beyond Measure - April 13, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 35 - 38 Edmund feels it's necessary to offer his opinion on the matter of Fanny and Henry's potential engagement. While he disguises his concern as help, it really isn't helpful at all. What's more, Sir Thomas decides to remind Fanny how good she's got it by sending her...
No Means No Guys
Wit Beyond Measure - April 06, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 31 - 34 The men in Fanny's life just don't understand. After getting an unexpected and unwanted proposal from Henry Crawford, Fanny spends the rest of these chapters telling him no. But Henry isn't the only one Fanny has to deal with. Sir Thomas freaks out when she tell...
Is There Love in the Air?
Wit Beyond Measure - March 30, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 27-30 Fanny's anxiety around Mary Crawford's gift continues to rise after Edmund also gifts her a necklace. Edmund starts to get anxious about whether Mary is willing to marry him after he becomes a clergyman. Henry becomes buddy-buddy with William and Mary gets into a ...
A Guest at Mansfield Park
Wit Beyond Measure - March 16, 2022 20:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 23- 26 Fanny has finally been invited to dinner all on her own - well, except Edmund was also invited, but that isn't the point. While Fanny is nervous about her dinner at the Grants, she is excited, until she sees a familiar barouche outside. Henry Crawford is back, an...
The Return of Sir Thomas
Wit Beyond Measure - March 10, 2022 22:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 19-22 From the beginning, Edmund wondered what would happen if his father found out about the play. Well, now we get to see it first hand because Sir Thomas has returned to Mansfield Park. This changes everything. What will become of the Maria, Henry, Mr. Rushworth love...
Lover's Vows Controversy
Wit Beyond Measure - March 02, 2022 21:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 14 - 18 After much deliberation, the gang at Mansfield Park have finally decided on a play - Lover's Vows. This scandalous play causes a lot of drama around the house, especially between the Bertram sisters. What's more, it puts Edmund in a bit of a situation when he ha...
Lover's Vows Controversy
Wit Beyond Measure - March 02, 2022 21:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 14 - 18 After much deliberation, the gang at Mansfield Park have finally decided on a play - Lover's Vows. This scandalous play causes a lot of drama around the house, especially between the Bertram sisters. What's more, it puts Edmund in a bit of a situation when he ha...
Scandal in the Shrubbery
Wit Beyond Measure - February 23, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 9-13 If you are looking for scandalous activities in Jane Austen novels, then these are the chapters for you! Bridgerton fans will love all this drama. While visiting Southerton, the Mansfield Park gang manages to separate themselves into pairs and find some hidden away...
Who are Mary and Henry Crawford?
Wit Beyond Measure - February 16, 2022 20:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park: Chapters 5-8 There is something about this Mary Crawford and her fuckboi of a brother Henry. They are visitors from the city who are lauded as the height of sophistication and knowledge by the Bertram sisters. Mary Clearly has her eyes set on one of the Bertram brothers, while H...
Meet the Gang at Mansfield Park
Wit Beyond Measure - February 09, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMansfield Park Chapters 1-4 Season 4 is all about the drama and scandal of Mansfield Park. In this episode, we meet all of the major players in this Austen novel. We meet our heroine, Fanny Price, our hero Edmund Bertram, his sisters Maria and Julia who give off major evil stepsister vibes, a...
Season 4 Trailer
Wit Beyond Measure - February 02, 2022 17:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIt' 's time to start our next Austen novel! This season, Catrina and Elle will be reading Mansfield Park. A story about an unfortunately named character, Fanny Price, and her experiences living with her wealthy Aunt and Uncle in Mansfield Park. Full of familial drama, historical context, and on...
Crimson Peak - A Gothic Film
Wit Beyond Measure - January 06, 2022 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis week, Elle and Catrina talk about Guillermo de Toro's 2015 film, Crimson Peak! *DISCLAIMER* This episode is spoiler heavy - if you haven't seen Crimson Peak and don't want any of the story spoiled then take a moment, watch it first, and come back to us - we'll be here when you're ready. E...
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