Jane Austen and LeisureBloomsbury Publishing, 1 de jul. 1998 - 376 pàgines Jane Austen's novels portray a leisured society of gentlemen and ladies who do not need to work. Even the minority of clergymen, soldiers and sailors - men with professions - are almost never seen working. Jane Austen herself, despite responsibility for some domestic tasks, wrote as a woman of leisure. Yet leisure, the distinguishing mark of a gentleman, was not meant to be an excuse for idleness. The proper use of leisure to fulfil duties, to read and to think, and above all to pursue social relations in a world where family and marriage for the propertied was of central importance, was a vital test of character. |
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Pàgina xi
... First , though it is true that people in Jane Austen rarely do paid , and never manual , work , they are generally by no means inactive . Even in the highest levels of society that she deals with ( and we should remember that her world ...
... First , though it is true that people in Jane Austen rarely do paid , and never manual , work , they are generally by no means inactive . Even in the highest levels of society that she deals with ( and we should remember that her world ...
Pàgina xvii
... first she and Cassandra were inseparable . The closeness of their relationship was described by their nephew James Edward Austen - Leigh in his Memoir . dearest of all to the heart of Jane was her sister Cassandra , about three years ...
... first she and Cassandra were inseparable . The closeness of their relationship was described by their nephew James Edward Austen - Leigh in his Memoir . dearest of all to the heart of Jane was her sister Cassandra , about three years ...
Pàgina xviii
... first version of Sense and Sensibility . First Impressions , later to be turned into Pride and Prejudice , was written between October 1796 and August 1797 , and Susan , which subsequently became Northanger Abbey , between August 1798 ...
... first version of Sense and Sensibility . First Impressions , later to be turned into Pride and Prejudice , was written between October 1796 and August 1797 , and Susan , which subsequently became Northanger Abbey , between August 1798 ...
Pàgina xix
... first wife , was Anna Lefroy , the other niece to whom Jane was close ; her husband , Ben Lefroy , was the son of Jane's great friend and mentor , Anne Lefroy , wife of the rector of Ashe , known as ' Madam Lefroy ' . Restored to the ...
... first wife , was Anna Lefroy , the other niece to whom Jane was close ; her husband , Ben Lefroy , was the son of Jane's great friend and mentor , Anne Lefroy , wife of the rector of Ashe , known as ' Madam Lefroy ' . Restored to the ...
Pàgina xx
... first chapter is concerned with the workings of society itself : how and when visits were arranged , the system of paying calls and the way in which the conveying of news through letters extended these activities beyond the people who ...
... first chapter is concerned with the workings of society itself : how and when visits were arranged , the system of paying calls and the way in which the conveying of news through letters extended these activities beyond the people who ...
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