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 xii
... fact was going on most of the time ) ; but it is important to realise that it is happening , that people are often busier than they seem , though the resourcefulness and utility of the activity will depend on who is performing it - and ...
... fact was going on most of the time ) ; but it is important to realise that it is happening , that people are often busier than they seem , though the resourcefulness and utility of the activity will depend on who is performing it - and ...
Sivu xv
... fact , almost every public social activity was affected by the principles of organisation and structure on which industrialism depended . ' The leisure industry ' was not a phrase used at the time , but it is an appropriate one to ...
... fact , almost every public social activity was affected by the principles of organisation and structure on which industrialism depended . ' The leisure industry ' was not a phrase used at the time , but it is an appropriate one to ...
Sivu xxi
... fact that the performance of a play in a private house is apparently regarded disapprovingly , despite the Steventon theatricals ; the question may not be as impenetrable as it has sometimes been taken to be , but still it needs to be ...
... fact that the performance of a play in a private house is apparently regarded disapprovingly , despite the Steventon theatricals ; the question may not be as impenetrable as it has sometimes been taken to be , but still it needs to be ...
Sivu 1
... fact ) , they are nonetheless respected ; they move in the first circle of Highbury society and Mr Woodhouse regards them as particular friends . At the same time , they happily mix with people who might be regarded as being on a level ...
... fact ) , they are nonetheless respected ; they move in the first circle of Highbury society and Mr Woodhouse regards them as particular friends . At the same time , they happily mix with people who might be regarded as being on a level ...
Sivu 2
... fact that her home is described as being specifically in ' the very heart of Bristol'.1 ( Bristol at that time was predominantly industrial ; Clifton , the spa where the Austens stayed briefly in 1806 , was always carefully ...
... fact that her home is described as being specifically in ' the very heart of Bristol'.1 ( Bristol at that time was predominantly industrial ; Clifton , the spa where the Austens stayed briefly in 1806 , was always carefully ...
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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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