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 xiv
... less expensive materials . Beds might be painted rather than covered in gold leaf , and hung with dimity instead of velvet . Though only wealthier families could afford to put oil paintings on their walls , the contents of the print ...
... less expensive materials . Beds might be painted rather than covered in gold leaf , and hung with dimity instead of velvet . Though only wealthier families could afford to put oil paintings on their walls , the contents of the print ...
Pàgina 6
... less worthy females were to come in the evening , with Miss Bates , Miss Fairfax , and Miss Smith'.3 As the fashionable dinner hour grew later , it was less necessary to serve elaborate suppers , particularly to guests who had dined ...
... less worthy females were to come in the evening , with Miss Bates , Miss Fairfax , and Miss Smith'.3 As the fashionable dinner hour grew later , it was less necessary to serve elaborate suppers , particularly to guests who had dined ...
Pàgina 11
... less likely than Mrs. Bennet to find comfort in staying at home at any period of her life ' . ( By contrast , when in 1812 , at the age of seventy - two , Mrs Austen spent a fortnight at Steventon rectory , it was the last overnight ...
... less likely than Mrs. Bennet to find comfort in staying at home at any period of her life ' . ( By contrast , when in 1812 , at the age of seventy - two , Mrs Austen spent a fortnight at Steventon rectory , it was the last overnight ...
Pàgina 12
... less close . ) Jane Austen devises an even more complicated situation when Mr Elton brings his bride to Highbury , and Emma pays her visit in form , taking Harriet with her . Given that her scheme to marry Harriet to him has gone so ...
... less close . ) Jane Austen devises an even more complicated situation when Mr Elton brings his bride to Highbury , and Emma pays her visit in form , taking Harriet with her . Given that her scheme to marry Harriet to him has gone so ...
Pàgina 15
... less , few can be said to be entirely successful examples of their kind . Mrs Allen , with her trivial preoccupation with dress , is hardly the ideal guide through the intricacies of Bath social life ; and far from having a wide enough ...
... less , few can be said to be entirely successful examples of their kind . Mrs Allen , with her trivial preoccupation with dress , is hardly the ideal guide through the intricacies of Bath social life ; and far from having a wide enough ...
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