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
... perhaps in a Lady Bertram , much more harshly in a Sir Walter Elliot : in his case it is indicative of serious defects of character arising from vanity and resulting in an abrogation of duty towards his estate . The other way in which ...
... perhaps in a Lady Bertram , much more harshly in a Sir Walter Elliot : in his case it is indicative of serious defects of character arising from vanity and resulting in an abrogation of duty towards his estate . The other way in which ...
Pàgina xiii
... perhaps even more strongly in government at local level . The administration of everyday affairs was carried out by corporations in the towns and Lords Lieutenant in the shires , supported by large numbers of industrious magistrates ...
... perhaps even more strongly in government at local level . The administration of everyday affairs was carried out by corporations in the towns and Lords Lieutenant in the shires , supported by large numbers of industrious magistrates ...
Pàgina xvii
... Perhaps it began on Jane's side with the feeling of deference natural to a loving child towards a kind elder sister . Something of this feeling always remained ; and even in the maturity of her powers , and in the enjoyment of ...
... Perhaps it began on Jane's side with the feeling of deference natural to a loving child towards a kind elder sister . Something of this feeling always remained ; and even in the maturity of her powers , and in the enjoyment of ...
Pàgina 8
... perhaps ' brunch ' . - - or If on any special occasion people were together in the middle of the day , as they are during the ' morning scheme ' to pick strawberries at Donwell in Emma , some kind of collation would obviously be ...
... perhaps ' brunch ' . - - or If on any special occasion people were together in the middle of the day , as they are during the ' morning scheme ' to pick strawberries at Donwell in Emma , some kind of collation would obviously be ...
Pàgina 11
... perhaps . ' ' And here is Mrs. Weston and Mr. Frank Churchill too ! —Quite delightful ; so many friends ! ' " ' No , not now , I thank you . I could not stay two minutes . I must get on to Kingston as fast as I can . ' 26 The knowledge ...
... perhaps . ' ' And here is Mrs. Weston and Mr. Frank Churchill too ! —Quite delightful ; so many friends ! ' " ' No , not now , I thank you . I could not stay two minutes . I must get on to Kingston as fast as I can . ' 26 The knowledge ...
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