Jane Austen and LeisureBloomsbury Publishing, 1.7.1998 - 376 sivua 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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Sivu xi
... Lady Bertram , much more harshly in a Sir Walter Elliot : in his case it is indicative of serious defects of character arising from vanity and resulting in an abrogation of duty towards his estate . The other way in which we have a ...
... Lady Bertram , much more harshly in a Sir Walter Elliot : in his case it is indicative of serious defects of character arising from vanity and resulting in an abrogation of duty towards his estate . The other way in which we have a ...
Sivu xviii
... Lady Susan , a story written in epistolary form , probably dates from the next year ; and in 1795 , at the age of nineteen , she wrote Elinor and Marianne , the first version of Sense and Sensibility . First Impressions , later to be ...
... Lady Susan , a story written in epistolary form , probably dates from the next year ; and in 1795 , at the age of nineteen , she wrote Elinor and Marianne , the first version of Sense and Sensibility . First Impressions , later to be ...
Sivu xix
... Lady Bertram in the management of the house- hold , now seeks to increase her influence , with the disastrous consequence of the engagement between Maria and Mr Rushworth . Edmund , with the limited ( and worthy ) objective of becoming ...
... Lady Bertram in the management of the house- hold , now seeks to increase her influence , with the disastrous consequence of the engagement between Maria and Mr Rushworth . Edmund , with the limited ( and worthy ) objective of becoming ...
Sivu 4
... Lady Bertram's case or , in Mrs Price's , lack of skill . Obligations to the neighbour- hood imposed their own demands of time and expenditure . Other people's leisure had to be catered for by the giving of dinners and evening parties ...
... Lady Bertram's case or , in Mrs Price's , lack of skill . Obligations to the neighbour- hood imposed their own demands of time and expenditure . Other people's leisure had to be catered for by the giving of dinners and evening parties ...
Sivu 11
... Lady Lucas that social life is a burden , when , in the expectation that Jane is about to be married to Bingley , she tells her that it is ' so pleasant at her time of life to be able to consign her single daughters to the care of their ...
... Lady Lucas that social life is a burden , when , in the expectation that Jane is about to be married to Bingley , she tells her that it is ' so pleasant at her time of life to be able to consign her single daughters to the care of their ...
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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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