Jane Austen and LeisureBloomsbury Academic, 1999 - 352 pagini "The smooth working of society depended on a round of visits, dinners and evening parties, sometimes enlivened by cards, music, dancing or amateur theatricals; and there were also regular outings to balls and assemblies, plays and concerts. Bath and other spas were active centres of entertainment of all kinds; and the seaside resort was steadily growing in importance. Jane Austen experienced all these herself and put them to good use in her novels; but she also registered the act that quiet, solitary pursuits such as reading, walking or the inevitable needlework might be more to the taste of a Fanny Price or an Anne Elliot. Male characters employ their leisure in a number of sports, often glimpsed offstage - shooting, hunting, racing, gaming."--BOOK JACKET. "Jane Austen and Leisure identifies leisure and its use as a central characteristic of Jane Austen's work."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... heroine.32 The most important function of the scene as far as the action of the novel is concerned is to establish Emma's entry into the world of Osborne Castle , and this is done by means of a very ingenious and charming device . Mr ...
... heroine.32 The most important function of the scene as far as the action of the novel is concerned is to establish Emma's entry into the world of Osborne Castle , and this is done by means of a very ingenious and charming device . Mr ...
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... heroine and the man she loves ) .23 Jokes of this kind should not lead us to suppose that Jane Austen took such ... heroine who is either poorer or of a lower social standing than the man she eventually marries a favourite theme in ...
... heroine and the man she loves ) .23 Jokes of this kind should not lead us to suppose that Jane Austen took such ... heroine who is either poorer or of a lower social standing than the man she eventually marries a favourite theme in ...
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... heroine who is so deeply immersed in novel - reading that she becomes unable to distinguish between fiction and reality ; and though it provided many oppor- tunities for amusing burlesque , there was a more serious purpose behind it ...
... heroine who is so deeply immersed in novel - reading that she becomes unable to distinguish between fiction and reality ; and though it provided many oppor- tunities for amusing burlesque , there was a more serious purpose behind it ...
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