{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Side Quest Book Club Podcast","title":"Pride & Prejudice Part 2 - Jane Austen - Classic Literature","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3081,"description":"Volume 2 of Pride and Prejudice delivers the most talked-about proposal in English literature and Darcy somehow manages to insult the woman he's proposing to while doing it. In this episode of Side Quest Book Club, Shiara, Slava, and Jonathan break down Charlotte's calculated decision to marry Mr. Collins, Jane's disappointing trip to London, Darcy's awkward courtship strategy, and the moment Elizabeth finally learns the full truth about Wickham.Plus: a hot take on Bridgerton that may cost us some subscribers.Next week we will finish the book with a special guest.Subscribe so you don't miss it.0:00 Intro & Volume 2 Overview2:52 Regency Marriage Markets: Age, Heirs & Power9:26 \"Being Out\" in Society Explained13:19 Boys vs. Girls: A Different Coming-of-Age18:08 Jane in London: A Friendship Revealed as Fake18:23 Rosings Park: Darcy's Awkward Courtship25:52 Marrying for Love Was Radical30:25 Darcy Proposes And Gets Rejected39:10 Darcy's Letter, Wickham's Truth & The Road to PemberleyABOUT THE BOOKWhen Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions. She superbly evokes the friendships, gossip, and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. This Penguin Classics edition, based on Austen's first edition, contains the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner and an updated introduction and notes by Viven Jones.ABOUT THE AUTHORJane Austen was born in 1775 in the small Hampshire village of Steventon, where her father was a Church of England clergyman. The household was large, creative, and deeply literary. This childhood shaped everything she would...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UVP2J917SorAAYeA4733I_-xaRnGpmS692UM7rRuT4M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNTZl/Y2Q1MWU0Zjk3MjJi/YzVlZjJkODU2N2M5/OGU4YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}