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 vii
... sister Cassandra , c . 1802 . ( Jane Austen Memorial Trust ) 2 Fanny Knight , aged twelve , watercolour by Cassandra Austen , c . 1805 . ( Jane Austen Memorial Trust ) 3 The Cross Bath , Bath , engraving by H. S. Storer , 1818. Jane ...
... sister Cassandra , c . 1802 . ( Jane Austen Memorial Trust ) 2 Fanny Knight , aged twelve , watercolour by Cassandra Austen , c . 1805 . ( Jane Austen Memorial Trust ) 3 The Cross Bath , Bath , engraving by H. S. Storer , 1818. Jane ...
Pàgina xvii
... sister - in - law , Susanna Walter , Mr Austen described her as a ' present plaything for her sister Cassy and a future companion ' , 4 and so it proved to be . From the first she and Cassandra were inseparable . The closeness of their ...
... sister - in - law , Susanna Walter , Mr Austen described her as a ' present plaything for her sister Cassy and a future companion ' , 4 and so it proved to be . From the first she and Cassandra were inseparable . The closeness of their ...
Pàgina xviii
... sister Mary had married James in 1797. James and Mary had two children , James Edward , author of the Memoir of Jane Austen , and Caroline , who also committed her memories of her aunt to paper . James's elder child XVIII JANE AUSTEN ...
... sister Mary had married James in 1797. James and Mary had two children , James Edward , author of the Memoir of Jane Austen , and Caroline , who also committed her memories of her aunt to paper . James's elder child XVIII JANE AUSTEN ...
Pàgina xix
... sister and the Miss Bertrams , is also intent on the pursuit of pleasure ; and having failed to find enough scope for amusement in the improve- ments to his own estate , he is very keen to encourage Mr Rushworth's manic ideas at ...
... sister and the Miss Bertrams , is also intent on the pursuit of pleasure ; and having failed to find enough scope for amusement in the improve- ments to his own estate , he is very keen to encourage Mr Rushworth's manic ideas at ...
Pàgina 2
... sister has married a gentleman ' in a great way ' who keeps two carriages and has an estate outside Bristol ; but its name , Maple Grove , which Mrs Elton drops so frequently into her conver- sation , suggests novelty and ...
... sister has married a gentleman ' in a great way ' who keeps two carriages and has an estate outside Bristol ; but its name , Maple Grove , which Mrs Elton drops so frequently into her conver- sation , suggests novelty and ...
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