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. |
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... amusements and entertainments : the huge increase in the printing of books , newspapers and periodicals is one obvious example , the proliferation of prints another ; but in fact , almost every public social activity was affected by the ...
... amusements and entertainments : the huge increase in the printing of books , newspapers and periodicals is one obvious example , the proliferation of prints another ; but in fact , almost every public social activity was affected by the ...
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... amusement such as 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 ...
... amusement such as 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 ...
Pagina xix
... amusement in the improve- ments to his own estate , he is very keen to encourage Mr Rushworth's manic ideas at Sotherton . Mr Price , Fanny's father , has had inactivity forced on him by his health but has put it to no very good use ...
... amusement in the improve- ments to his own estate , he is very keen to encourage Mr Rushworth's manic ideas at Sotherton . Mr Price , Fanny's father , has had inactivity forced on him by his health but has put it to no very good use ...
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... amusement that developers were busily ( and greedily ) turning resorts into during the early years of the nineteenth century a speculation that she satirises . shrewdly in Sanditon . Sanditon represents her closest examination of ...
... amusement that developers were busily ( and greedily ) turning resorts into during the early years of the nineteenth century a speculation that she satirises . shrewdly in Sanditon . Sanditon represents her closest examination of ...
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Cuprins
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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 |
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