Michael and Ethan, with special wife guests Karen and Sarah, discuss their (somewhat slimmer than usual) Mondo Book for the year: Persuasion, by Jane Austen.

In this episode:

Again making use of our intern-generated, wonderful, thoughtful, very serious discussion guide

Karen definitely makes multiple references to to Mrs Jennings, a character from Sense and Sensibility and NOT this novel

A block of wood would be a better father than Anne’s actual father

Meanwhile, Ethan says “verb” when he clearly means “adjective” so I guess everyone’s a sinner

The wives get in some pretty good burns on Sir Walter, including:

Sir Walter is so obsessed with himself that he takes the opening of the novel away from Anne

Sir Walter is a toddler

From the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

NOTICE.

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR                
PER G. G., CHIEF OF ORDNANCE.

Is Anne a real character with agency or just sort of a wavy balloon guy for the wind to blow around?

Karen is Anne, Anne is Emma, Sarah is the walrus, coo coo ca choo

Coming soon:

Persuasion and the Alien Invasion

Persuasion and Psirens

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MUSIC & SFX:

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

In this episode:

What an excellent rule (sorry, Risha)

An unpopular opinion that captures several important things

Austen as a writer who maybe should be listened to at least as much as read?

Reading novels was basically the 19th-century version of Gameboy

JANE DID A CLIFFHANGER

Is Persuasion unfilmable?

VERY EXCITING DICTION DISCUSSION

Jane Austen: all sarcasm all the time maybe?

The Keira Knightley one, the one with the Dashwood Sisters, the one with the name we can’t say…

One very simple blockage: the miscommunication trope

The blockage is always the title of the book

Next time Michael and Ethan will continue the discussion of their Mondo Book for the year: Persuasion, by Jane Austen! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

Join us on GoodReads!

Donate to our Patreon!

BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET!

Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and

Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett)

MUSIC & SFX:

"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission.

"The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

"Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.