Jane Austen and Leisure"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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Page 22
... Jane Fairfax's letter , she had been able to escape the letter itself.64 Emma is not dealing quite plainly with Miss Bates perhaps ; but in the end it is Jane Fairfax who is revealed as having acted less than honestly in keeping up a ...
... Jane Fairfax's letter , she had been able to escape the letter itself.64 Emma is not dealing quite plainly with Miss Bates perhaps ; but in the end it is Jane Fairfax who is revealed as having acted less than honestly in keeping up a ...
Page 140
... Jane's technical proficiency ( as everybody clearly is ) , she is unable to discriminate in matters of ' taste ' – what we should call musicality . Yet in one respect she is perfectly right : Jane Fairfax is expected to have to make her ...
... Jane's technical proficiency ( as everybody clearly is ) , she is unable to discriminate in matters of ' taste ' – what we should call musicality . Yet in one respect she is perfectly right : Jane Fairfax is expected to have to make her ...
Page 291
... Jane Fairfax and Mr Dixon , he has plenty of time to make up his mind as to whether or not to play up to her . But he seems to have a qualm of conscience at the subsequent reflection of the boating accident adduced as further evidence ...
... Jane Fairfax and Mr Dixon , he has plenty of time to make up his mind as to whether or not to play up to her . But he seems to have a qualm of conscience at the subsequent reflection of the boating accident adduced as further evidence ...
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