Mansfield Park Chapters 6-7

Today, things begin to grow in the rice pudding. Mr. Rushworth has the hots for landscaping, Molly gets bitchcrackers for Miss Crawford, and the tides turn on our affections for Edmund when he lends out Fanny's mare. Topics discussed include hear me out cakes, apricots, Mary Crawford's poor breeding, what values we take from our families, Jane Austen's beautiful descriptions of love and how we're getting it in a different way in this book, regifting, Fanny as a chronically ill and/or anxious girlie, and pug the basset hound. Patron Study Questions this week come from Ghenet, Avi, Spring, Diana L., Angelika, Katie, Linnea, Marija, and Melissa. Topics discussed include POV shifting, landscaping and architecture, chronic illness in Austen, Edmund's manipulation of Fanny, Fanny's relationship to the servants, the number of monologues in this book, Edmund being more like his family than we thought, and all things Mary Crawford. Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Edmund and Fanny's conversation about Mary and the romance brewing between Edmund and Mary. Funniest Quote: “The tree thrives well beyond a doubt, madam. The soil is good, and I never pass it without regretting that the fruit should be so little worth the trouble of gathering.” Questions moving forward: If not her cousin, then whomst? Who wins the chapters? The horse <3 Glossary of Terms and Phrases: badness (n) : poor quality or low standard calico (n) : printed cotton fabric Moorpark (n) : a type of apricot Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Gilmore Girls , Property Brothers , HGTV , A Lively Mind , Clueless , Les Miserables , Dear Evan Hansen Next Episode: Mansfield Park Chapters 8-10 Please consider donating to Audrey Bellezza's nonprofit, Love 4 Lungs . Audrey (co-author of Anne of Avenue A, Elizabeth of Easthampton, and Emma of 83rd Street) was diagnosed with stage 4 ALK+ lung cancer last year, and has since started this nonprofit to raise awareness, fund research, and accelerate the development of a life-saving vaccine. You can follow them on Instagram at @ourlove4lungs. Our show art was created by Torrence Browne , and our audio is produced by Graham Cook . For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com . Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com . To support the show, check out our Patreon ! Check out our merch at . Instagram: @podandprejudice Twitter: @podandprejudice Facebook: Pod and Prejudice Youtube: Pod and Prejudice Merch store:

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Mansfield Park Chapters 6-7 is an episode from Pod and Prejudice by Molly Burdick.

This episode is 84:33 long.

This episode was published on Nov 18, 2025.

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