Jane Austen and LeisureBloomsbury Publishing, 1 iul. 1998 - 376 pagini 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. |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 40
Pagina 2
... Frank Churchill to marry Emma would set the seal on Mr Weston's social position ; yet although he undoubtedly hopes for such a marriage , it is not from motives of advancement but because he loves them both and wants to see them come ...
... Frank Churchill to marry Emma would set the seal on Mr Weston's social position ; yet although he undoubtedly hopes for such a marriage , it is not from motives of advancement but because he loves them both and wants to see them come ...
Pagina 6
... Frank Churchill , Miss Bates and Jane Fairfax are , when they happen to meet Emma and Harriet and Mr Knightley returning from a walk after dinner ; or they might be invited formally , quite separately from guests who have also been ...
... Frank Churchill , Miss Bates and Jane Fairfax are , when they happen to meet Emma and Harriet and Mr Knightley returning from a walk after dinner ; or they might be invited formally , quite separately from guests who have also been ...
Pagina 11
... 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 that Emma is there tempts him in , and the ...
... 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 that Emma is there tempts him in , and the ...
Pagina 12
... Frank Churchill for putting off his visit on his father's marriage , and Mrs Weston herself is very disappointed - the wedding is in September and Frank does not finally come until the following February - James Austen's brother - in ...
... Frank Churchill for putting off his visit on his father's marriage , and Mrs Weston herself is very disappointed - the wedding is in September and Frank does not finally come until the following February - James Austen's brother - in ...
Pagina 22
Ți-ai atins limita de vizualizări pentru această carte.
Ți-ai atins limita de vizualizări pentru această carte.
Cuprins
1 | |
2 Pleasure Resorts | 23 |
3 Needlework and Art | 65 |
4 Outdoor Pursuits | 89 |
5 Music | 115 |
6 Dancing | 145 |
7 Books | 175 |
8 Theatricals | 235 |
9 Toys and Games | 261 |
10 Verses Riddles and Puzzles | 277 |
Notes | 303 |
Bibliography | 331 |
Index | 339 |
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
amusement assemblies aunt Austen-Leigh ball Bath Bennet brother Captain Wentworth cards Cassandra characters charade Charles Chawton Country Dancing course daughter delightful Donwell Edmund eighteenth century Elton Emma Emma Watson Emma's Fanny Burney feel Frank Churchill gardens give Godmersham Harriet Henry heroine Highbury hunting Ibid James Edward Jane Austen Jane Austen Society Jane Fairfax John kind Knightley Knightley's Lady Bertram later Lefroy leisure letter lived London look Lord Lybbe Powys Lyme Mansfield Park Marianne marry Martha Lloyd Mary Crawford Mary Lloyd Miss Bates moral needlework never niece night Northanger Abbey novel party perhaps pianoforte play pleasure poem popular Pride and Prejudice resort Sanditon scene seaside Sense and Sensibility sister social Steventon taste theatre theatricals thing Thomas Tilney Tom Bertram verse Weston wife woman Woodhouse writing young ladies