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4 days ago · 10. It is very fitting that Catherine, an 18th century heroine, should be fascinated by the Picturesque. While walking to Beechen Cliff, Henry instructs her on the picturesque - an English 18th century movement in the painting of landscapes which favoured asymmetry and irregularity to structure. The Picturesque is closely associated with the ...
I was struck upon thinking about the passage, toward the end of Chapter 43, when Darcy and Lizzy are having their awkward mostly-silent stand-off on the lawn at Pemberley — he invites her inside. "They soon outstripped the others, and when they had reached the carriage, Mr. and and Mrs. Gardiner were half a quarter of a mile behind. He then ...
This ignores some fundamental aspects of consent. Thorpe deceived her about Miss Tilney, so he gained Catherine's consent by deception. She changed her mind as soon as she found out. Even if there weren't deception involved, Catherine could change her mind at any time. Instead of letting Catherine out of the carriage, he kept going.
5 days ago · His later return led to tragedy, but freed Bathsheba to marry the man who had always been faithful to her. Tom Tulliver was from 'The Mill on the Floss' by George Eliot, Squire Trelawney was in 'Treasure Island' by R L Stevenson and Henry Tilney featured in Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey'.
4 days ago · What the Austen? is a Jane Austen podcast hosted by Izzy Meakin, a passionate life long Janeite. Every other week Izzy is joined by a fellow Austen en... thusiast as they take a deep dive into Jane Austen's novels and characters. This podcast is for the fans who love to oscillate between the thought provoking conversations and simply having a ...
4 days ago · The character of Henry Walton Jones is better known by his nickname 'Indiana Jones'. Professor Henry Higgins is from George Bernard Shaw's play 'Pygmalion' and Henry Tilney is the hero of Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey'.
2 days ago · The book's heroine, Catherine Morland, loves sensational novels, and this leads her into an overactive imagination when she comes to stay at Northanger Abbey. The result is somewhat embarrassing for Catherine, but Jane Austen does not fail to give us the ending we wished for throughout the novel. A quote from a letter Jane Austen wrote:
