Best Lizzy Bennet Podcasts (2024)

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The Monster Squad 2:29:06

9M ago2:29:06

2:29:06

It’s a Halloween treat for us all as we dive into one of Jaleh’s all-time favorites and Jessica’s core fear, 1987’s The Monster Squad. We’re joined by resident monster expert, Jamie Clark Yeah, as we round up the ammo, virgins, and one Scary German Guy with a delicious looking pie. Grab your amulet and your Van Helsing diary and meet us in the Sout…

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Monster Squad Promo 1:44

9M ago1:44

1:44

Get ready for a Halloween treat from your Hart Chicks. Our Monster Squad episode drops on October 27, 2023.

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Dear Old World Episode 12 - Choreography and Creation with James Tolbert 53:46

11M ago53:46

53:46

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the illustrious dancer, singer, actor, and writer James Tolbert, whom you may know as Rip Van Winkle in Shipwrecked Comedy's Headless, or from his various appearances with Team StarKid.. In this interview …

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Austenland 1:52:39

11M ago1:52:39

1:52:39

We’ve made it all the way to week 10, and this gem is our reward. We happily rewatch 2013’s film adaptation of Austenland, and we think you should too. This one has everything — sax solos, Lord of the Rings, Nelly stories, Gaius Baltar, and even a little JJ Tilney talk. Hop a plane and clean out your savings account (figuratively) with us, dear hea…

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Dear Old World Episode 11 - Independent Filmmaking with Matt Enlow 58:00

11M ago58:00

58:00

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the incredibly accomplished Matt Enlow, whom you may know as the writer/creator of Squaresville⁠. In this interview from March 2022, Matt shares a lot about his experiences in the indie film/web space, we …

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The Lizzie Bennet Diaries 2:02:41

11M ago2:02:41

2:02:41

Lots of firsts in this one, dear hearts, as we watch the Emmy Award-winning Lizzie Bennet Diaries. It’s our first webseries, our first modern adaptation, possibly our first disagreement! Don’t believe us? Ask my fiancé who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba! Plus, Jess goes way into her fandom days, and Jaleh finds the links in the dooblydoo. Whhhaaaaaaaa…

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 1:48:56

11M ago1:48:56

1:48:56

We’re into our second Pride & Prejudice, and this time, we got Zombies in the mix. Thankfully, we have Honorary Hart Chick and Midnight Murderaman Jamie to chat through it with us. We ask the big questions like: Which fighting style is best? Is Darcy’s duster jacket fit for a wedding? Who is this movie for? Wield your weapons with us, dear hearts! …

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Dear Old World Episode 10 - Writing The Lizzie Bennet Diaries with Margaret Dunlap 1:07:38

11M ago1:07:38

1:07:38

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the lovely Margaret Dunlap, whom you may know as one of the writers on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. In this interview from July 2020, Margaret and I reminisce about what made that project so special, she sha…

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Pride and Prejudice 2:54:48

11M ago2:54:48

2:54:48

This one’s a big one, dear hearts, so feel free to take a turn about the room with us as we fully experience Jessica’s favorite movie, 2005’s Pride & Prejudice. We talk tracking shots, wigs, Emma Thompson, dresses (especially those with hems six inches deep in mud), and hands, of course. Cold, flexed, or otherwise. This whole conversation was Jessi…

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Northanger Abbey (2007) 2:00:38

12M ago2:00:38

2:00:38

It’s time to get Gothic as we dive into the hilariously sweet Northanger Abbey. It has everything Jess loves — possible murders, innuendos, and very good faces. Plus, we get our fancasts on, develop our own modern adaptations, and occasionally discuss the plot. Slag off Sorkin with us, dear hearts. Music: @sigismundtryapkin Artwork: @jstnmbr…

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Dear Old World Episode 9 - The Origins of StarKid with Nick Lang 1:22:06

12M ago1:22:06

1:22:06

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the prolific Nick Lang. You probably know him as one of the creative minds behind Team Starkid, but you might also know him from a webseries we both appeared in recently by the Tin Can Brothers: Wayward Gu…

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Persuasion 2:06:10

12M ago2:06:10

2:06:10

It’s a Hart Chicks classic as we dive into Jaleh’s fave, the truly underrated Persuasion. We’ve got trope talk, romance recs, great and terrible faces, and a reference to literally every other pod season we’ve done. It’s what you know & love. Run the Bath marathon with us, dear hearts. Music: @sigismundtryapkin Artwork: @jstnmbrwn Bibliograp…

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Sense and Sensibility 2:02:57

1y ago2:02:57

2:02:57

Hold onto your butts, because we’re on a carriage ride with the Dashwoods. This week, we tackle the 2004 Sense & Sensibility miniseries, where we discuss the red flag combination of Lord Byron and Dominic Cooper, Cousin Matthew’s mullet, and a group of townies worthy of Bluebell. Don’t bother knocking, dear hearts— Meg already saw you and let us kn…

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Dear Old World Episode 8 - Producing for Different Mediums with Julia Cho 57:31

1y ago57:31

57:31

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the wonderful Julia Cho. You probably know Julia as Charlotte Lu in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, but you may also know her from Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, or her work with her theatre collective here i…

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North and South (2004) 2:23:30

1y ago2:23:30

2:23:30

This is an episode years in the making, much like the Marx-Engles Reader. We’re deep diving into North & South aka Pride & Prejudice & Death & Unions. Listen as we gush about our love of practical effects, the danger of The Fluff, and a miniseries worth of Very Good Faces. Look back at us, dear hearts. Music: @sigismundtryapkin Artwork: @jstnmbrwn …

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Jane Eyre (2006) 2:12:03

1y ago2:12:03

2:12:03

We’re flying across the pond and into the moors for a Jaleh favorite, the 2006 Jane Eyre miniseries. It’s the hottest Rochester the world has ever known, and listener, we’d marry him too. We cover it all from Dave Matthews Band to Ruth Wilson’s gorgeous hair and everything in between. Wander the halls with us, dear hearts, but keep your flaming dre…

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Dear Old World Episode 7 - Creating Content for the Internet with Ginny Di 54:10

1y ago54:10

54:10

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the incredible Ginny Di. You know Ginny as a D&D cosplayer & content creator, but she's also worked with me as an actor in Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, and she does so much more! We talk about Ginny's …

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Greta Gerwig's Little Women 1:53:08

1y ago1:53:08

1:53:08

We’re starting our journey to the past on this side of the pond with Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. Jaleh dives deep into the color story of Miss Flo, and Jessica can’t stop talking about a different film. It’s the classic Hart Chicks you know and love. Come trade limes with us, dear hearts. Bibliography: Brody, Richard. “The Compromises of Greta Ger…

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PROMO: Things Will Happen In the Past 5:24

1y ago5:24

5:24

The Hart Chicks Present are dropping a new season on June 22, 2023. Join us, dear hearts, on a 10 week journey of classic literature film and mini-series adaptations, with a few modern twists thrown into the mix.

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Dear Old World Episode 6 - Putting Yourself Out There as a Female Creator with Jaime Lyn Beatty 48:41

1y ago48:41

48:41

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the delightful and hilarious Jaime Lyn Beatty. You know Jaime from her many appearances with Team Starkid, and maybe also from playing Rachel Lynde in my own Anne Shirley radio play series! She's currently…

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The Baxter 1:34:00

1y ago1:34:00

1:34:00

It’s trope talk this week on The Hart Chicks Present as we ask ourselves so many questions about 2005’s The Baxter. While this film is our type on paper, it better get its grafting boots on. However, we’d go geode hunting in Malta with Justin Theroux and Jack Mechanic any day. We’re Doug and you’re dear hearts, and forever the twain shall meet Catc…

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The Big Sick 1:55:53

1y ago1:55:53

1:55:53

We get deep into our feelings this week in part two of our Kumail couplet, where we all catch The Big Sick, based on Kumail & Emily’s IRL relationship. Jaleh explains why it’s triggering, Jessica yammers on about Ray Romano, and Honorary Hart Chick Jamie publicly apologizes for not laughing at every single one of Jess’s jokes. Have a slice of sheet…

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The Lovebirds 1:34:50

1y ago1:34:50

1:34:50

It’s the beginning of an accidental triplet, and we are super duper in love with 2020’s The Lovebirds. It’s a caper, it’s a romance, it’s a comedy, it’s Kumail and Issa giving us the goods from t to b. If you like quotes about Doug and Dad, ideas for Sex & the City podcasts, and stories about not-real break-ups, then this is the episode for you. On…

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Something New 1:43:38

1y ago1:43:38

1:43:38

Skiddly to your mailbox for those Netflix discs, because we’re taking it back to the mid-00s with a gem of a film. We’re talking Something New, but your beloved cohosts are the same as ever. We clamor for a remake with Ryan Atwood, we proclaim ourselves good teeth-ers, and we never walk alone because Donald Faison carries us. Drink some wine next t…

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Ooopsie Poopsie 0:45

1y ago0:45

0:45

In which we apologize for being bad hosts and hint at something to come. Things will happen, dear hearts.

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Crazy Rich Asians 1:30:11

1y ago1:30:11

1:30:11

Gas up the jet and book your first class sleeping room because we’re flying to Singapore in our minds. We watched Crazy Rich Asians, and we have all the hot takes like, “Awkwafina is hilarious” and “this amount of wealth is unfathomable!” Plus, we talk about The Crown and its gateway into internet rabbitholes, bridesmaids with wet feet, and weirdly…

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Dear Old World Episode 5 - Voice Over to Film to Theatre with Ryan Garcia 57:47

1y ago57:47

57:47

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the handsome and hilarious Ryan W. Garcia. You know Ryan from appearing in Shipwrecked Comedy's Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story or Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party, or from being a voice on Bi…

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Dear Old World Episode 4 - Composing for Shipwrecked Comedy with Dylan Glatthorn 55:48

1+ y ago55:48

55:48

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is musical genius Dylan Glatthorn! Dylan has been Shipwrecked Comedy's in-house composer for the past few years, having written the score for Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery …

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The Power of a Note 55:32

1+ y ago55:32

55:32

Persuasion: 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 after all. This week Elle and Catrina talk all about Mr. …

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Dear Old World Episode 3 - Writing with Your Sibling with Sinéad Persaud 1:04:36

1+ y ago1:04:36

1:04:36

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is mistress of the macabre, Sinéad Persaud! She is of course 1/2 of the writing team behind Shipwrecked Comedy, having written such hits as Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Di…

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Dear Old World Episode 2 - Juggling Creative and Practical Work with Corey Dorris 48:34

1+ y ago48:34

48:34

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the very talented Corey Dorris. We worked together on Shipwrecked Comedy's Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story as well as The Tin Can Brothers' Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye, and this episode was recorde…

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Dear Old World Episode 1 - Manifesting Your Dreams with Krystina Arielle 52:44

1+ y ago52:44

52:44

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the absolutely delightful Krystina Arielle (Star Wars: The High Republic, Dimension 20's Pirates Of Leviathan, Into the Mother Lands and more). We worked together on Shipwrecked Comedy's Headless: A Sleepy…

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Anne Finds a Friend 54:00

1+ y ago54:00

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Persuasion: 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 and Anne takes a walk with the admiral to find out that …

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Why Did it Have to be Bath? 47:32

1+ y ago47:32

47:32

Persuasion 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 and things begin to feel normal again, Anne and Kady Russ…

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Anne Elliot is a Snack 58:47

1+ y ago58:47

58:47

Persuasion 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, who falls and breaks her head. It's probably fine. Also…

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It's Fine. Everything is Fine 52:54

1+ y ago52:54

52:54

Persuasion 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 Catrina go through all the drama that has been happening aroun…

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Meet Anne Elliot 57:30

2y ago57:30

57:30

Persuasion: 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 daughter, Anne, and friend Lady Russell help him. However,…

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Season 5 Trailer 2:59

2y ago2:59

2:59

Persuasion 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?By Wit Beyond Measure - Elle Kammerer and Catrina Mayer

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Mansfield Park with a Twist 1:04:53

2y ago1:04:53

1:04:53

Final 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 happened to fall in love with Fanny Price? Is it Mansfi…

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Mansfield Park "Modernized" 50:26

2y ago50:26

50:26

Mansfield 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 we have today? This week Catrina and Elle take a look …

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A Modern Look at Austen and Women's Rights to Bodily Autonomy 58:10

2y ago58:10

58:10

This 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 vs Wade should be overturned. This will send any laws …

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Prequels and Sequels 49:42

2y ago49:42

49:42

Mansfield 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 Bertram, or Henry Crawford? This week Catrina and Elle read…

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Mansfield from a Different Point of View 56:52

2y ago56:52

56:52

This 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's Diary, by Amanda Grange. As part of Grange's Austen he…

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2007 Mansfield Park Film 58:21

2y ago58:21

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Mansfield 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 the novel justice? Elle and Catrina are at odds about thi…

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1999 Mansfield Park Film Adaptation 1:03:22

2y ago1:03:22

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Mansfield 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 Austen's journals. This leads to an interesting combinati…

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Our Final Thoughts on Mansfield Park 1:04:34

2y ago1:04:34

1:04:34

This 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 interested in comparing Fanny's relationships to both Edmund…

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Happily Ever After? 1:08:39

2y ago1:08:39

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Mansfield 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, Edmund finally goes to pick up Fanny and bring her back …

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Sir Thomas Was Right? 53:00

2y ago53:00

53:00

Mansfield 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 or Mary Crawford yet. This week Catrina and Elle take a…

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The Audacity of Edmund Bertram 1:02:39

2y ago1:02:39

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Mansfield 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 back home. Needless to say, Fanny needs a vacation, bu…

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No Means No Guys 1:10:29

2+ y ago1:10:29

1:10:29

Mansfield 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 tells him she will not marry Henry. Surely Edmund will come…

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