Persuasion, Chapter 1: The Ancient and Respectable Family

We meet The Elliots in Chapter 1 of Persuasion and Vanessa and Stephanie Paulsell introduce our themes for this season. Every week we'll be discussing Anne's moral compass, and where we see ridiculousness, beauty, and grief in the chapter. This week, Dr. Amy King joins us at the end of the episode to help us understand how the word 'bloom' is operating in this book. If you want to be part of the…