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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David Selwyn. Stothard del GCAS SIN O Cassino , engraving by Stothard and Cook , c . 1795 . Cook culp Jane Austen and Leisure David Selwyn The Hambledon Press London.
David Selwyn. Stothard del GCAS SIN O Cassino , engraving by Stothard and Cook , c . 1795 . Cook culp Jane Austen and Leisure David Selwyn The Hambledon Press London.
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David Selwyn. Published by The Hambledon Press , 1999 102 Gloucester Avenue , London NW1 8HX ( UK ) PO Box 45674 , Rio Grande , Ohio ( USA ) ISBN 1 85285 171 6 A description of this book is available from the British Library and from the ...
David Selwyn. Published by The Hambledon Press , 1999 102 Gloucester Avenue , London NW1 8HX ( UK ) PO Box 45674 , Rio Grande , Ohio ( USA ) ISBN 1 85285 171 6 A description of this book is available from the British Library and from the ...
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... London for the season , or lodgings in Bath or one of the other spas ( and later the seaside resorts ) ; they took their wives and daughters to assemblies , ball- rooms and pleasure gardens ; they gambled away fortunes at cards in their ...
... London for the season , or lodgings in Bath or one of the other spas ( and later the seaside resorts ) ; they took their wives and daughters to assemblies , ball- rooms and pleasure gardens ; they gambled away fortunes at cards in their ...
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... London , Bath , Weymouth or Brighton can easily become locations of impropriety for the Willoughbys , Wickhams and Lydia Bennets who lack the moral strength to resist their allure . Jane Austen herself was brought up in the country ...
... London , Bath , Weymouth or Brighton can easily become locations of impropriety for the Willoughbys , Wickhams and Lydia Bennets who lack the moral strength to resist their allure . Jane Austen herself was brought up in the country ...
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... London ; when in 1815 his bank failed , he too went into the Church . The Austens ' other two sons , Francis William and Charles John , had distinguished careers in the Navy . Francis was appointed Knight Com- mander of the Bath in 1837 ...
... London ; when in 1815 his bank failed , he too went into the Church . The Austens ' other two sons , Francis William and Charles John , had distinguished careers in the Navy . Francis was appointed Knight Com- mander of the Bath in 1837 ...
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