Ellie Dashwood | Regency Marriage: Why Is Lydia Bennet Running Away to Gretna Green? @EllieDashwood | Uploaded July 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Have you ever wondered why Lydia Bennet in Pride and Prejudice is eloping at Gretna Green? Good news! We examine Regency era marriage laws and more of Jane Austen's world in this vdeo. We also answer a question from one of our Instagram followers.
I'm Ellie Dashwood and answer your modern-day questions about classic literature. Have a question you'd to see answered on our show? Comment it below!
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INSTAGRAM @elliedashie ➝ instagram.com/elliedashie
WEBSITE ➝ elliedashwood.com
🕰Watching Guide
00:00 Why is Lydia Bennet Running Away to Gretna Green? [Intro]
00:46 What is Gretna Green?
01:39 Regency Marriage Basics
01:52 Marriage Banns in Church
02:46 Common Marriage License
03:20 Special License: How the Darcys will be married?
04:06 Marriage Act of 1753
05:45 Why Gretna Green: Marriage laws in Scotland
07:01 Why doesn't Mr. Darcy save Lydia from Wickham?
09:20 So why does Lydia really run away to Scotland?
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Have you ever wondered why Lydia Bennet in Pride and Prejudice is eloping at Gretna Green? Good news! We examine Regency era marriage laws and more of Jane Austen's world in this vdeo. We also answer a question from one of our Instagram followers.
I'm Ellie Dashwood and answer your modern-day questions about classic literature. Have a question you'd to see answered on our show? Comment it below!
💕
INSTAGRAM @elliedashie ➝ instagram.com/elliedashie
WEBSITE ➝ elliedashwood.com
🕰Watching Guide
00:00 Why is Lydia Bennet Running Away to Gretna Green? [Intro]
00:46 What is Gretna Green?
01:39 Regency Marriage Basics
01:52 Marriage Banns in Church
02:46 Common Marriage License
03:20 Special License: How the Darcys will be married?
04:06 Marriage Act of 1753
05:45 Why Gretna Green: Marriage laws in Scotland
07:01 Why doesn't Mr. Darcy save Lydia from Wickham?
09:20 So why does Lydia really run away to Scotland?
📚 AUSTEN BOOKS & MOVIES
FTC DISCLAIMER: Links may be affiliate links which means I'll receive a small commission from your purchase at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for supporting my channel.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Novel go.magik.ly/ml/1u43m
1940 Movie: amzn.to/43uQwBy
1995 Miniseries (Colin Firth Version): amzn.to/42zFoSm
2005 Movie (Kiera Knightly Version): amzn.to/3qCNVqE
Audiobook read by Rosamund Pike: amzn.to/3MTE1Iy
Sense and Sensibility
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u43s
Miniseries 2008: amzn.to/3oYpweI
Movie 1996: amzn.to/3J7gwe2
Persuasion
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u43y
Movie 1997: amzn.to/3J6UqZb
Movie 2008: amzn.to/3oX1XTs
Northanger Abbey
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u43z
BBC Movie 2007: amzn.to/43tyFe4
Emma
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u441
1996 Movie: amzn.to/43RxXal
2009 Miniseries: amzn.to/3qEJM5f
2020 Movie: amzn.to/45Yl9AM
Mansfield Park
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u446
Miniseries 2008: amzn.to/467BbbQ
