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Copeland, Edward.
Women Writing about Money: Women’s Fiction in England, 1790-1820.
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. An informative study of Austen’s relation to the economic situation of her time.
Women Writing about Money: Women’s Fiction in England, 1790-1820.
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. An informative study of Austen’s relation to the economic situation of her time.
Duckworth, Alistair M.
The Improvement of the Estate: A Study of Jane Austen’s Novels.
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971. A groundbreaking study of the social structure of Austen’s novels.
The Improvement of the Estate: A Study of Jane Austen’s Novels.
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971. A groundbreaking study of the social structure of Austen’s novels.
Johnson, Claudia L.
Jane Austen: Women, Politics and the Novel.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. An important feminist study of Austen’s work as radical in its political implications.
Jane Austen: Women, Politics and the Novel.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. An important feminist study of Austen’s work as radical in its political implications.
Mudrick, Marvin.
Jane Austen: Irony as Defense and Discovery.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952. An early and highly influential study of Jane Austen’s style.
Jane Austen: Irony as Defense and Discovery.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952. An early and highly influential study of Jane Austen’s style.
Poovey, Mary. “Persuasion and the Promises of Love.” In
The
Representation
of Women in Fiction,
edited and with an introduction by Carolyn Heilbrun and Margaret Higonnet. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, pp. 171- 177.
The
Representation
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edited and with an introduction by Carolyn Heilbrun and Margaret Higonnet. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, pp. 171- 177.
Southam, B. C., ed.
Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage.
Vol. 1: 1811-1870; Vol. 2: 1870-1940. London: Routledge and K. Paul, 1968. An indispensable collection of contemporary critical reactions to Austen’s novels, from the earliest publication.
Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage.
Vol. 1: 1811-1870; Vol. 2: 1870-1940. London: Routledge and K. Paul, 1968. An indispensable collection of contemporary critical reactions to Austen’s novels, from the earliest publication.
. “Persuasion: The Cancelled Chapters.” In
The Jane Austen
Companion, edited by J. D. Grey. New York: Macmillan, 1986. This essay offers a fascinating look at the way Jane Austen revised the final chapters of Persuasion.
OTHER WORKS CITED IN THE INTRODUCTIONThe Jane Austen
Companion, edited by J. D. Grey. New York: Macmillan, 1986. This essay offers a fascinating look at the way Jane Austen revised the final chapters of Persuasion.
Doody, Margaret, “The Short Fiction,” in
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen,
edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen,
edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1979.
Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1979.
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edited by Ian P. Watt. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954.
The Great Tradition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954.
McMaster, Juliet.
Jane Austen the Novelist: Essays Past and Present.
London: Macmillan, 1975.
Jane Austen the Novelist: Essays Past and Present.
London: Macmillan, 1975.
Poovey, Mary.
The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer: Ideology as Style in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.
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a
Noble titles; the title of baronet was created in the seventeenth century by James I.
b
Recent titles granted.
c
That is, Sir Walter had given up hope that Anne would marry a baronet.
d
Getting worse.
e
Light carriage drawn by four horses.
f
Well-known resort for betting and for auctioning horses.
g
Indicating mourning.
h
Understanding.
i
That is, from London.
j
Speed.
k
Requests, requirements.
l
Here, importance and dignity of rank and social position.
m
Adequate, satisfactory.
n
Alternate spelling for “burden”; used until the nineteenth century.
o
Here, politeness.
p
Court sessions held quarterly before justices of the peace.
q
Distinctive clothes or colors worn by the servants of a person of rank as a recognizable badge or token.
r
Privilege of shooting game on an estate.
s
Act.
t
A curate assists the vicar of the parish.
u
Wentworth was the family name of the earls of Strafford.
v
He resolved not to give her a dowry.
w
He was confident of soon commanding a ship that would defeat enough enemy vessels to enrich him.
x
Left the region.
y
Discriminating, refined in judgment.
z
Official publication listing naval officers and containing other information pertaining to the navy.
aa
Conventional legal preamble.
ab
Feast of St. Michael, celebrated on September 29.
ac
Need.
ad
Service; the Elliots will no longer keep the carriage and horses.
ae
Obsolete spelling of “veranda.”
af
Lady Russell stayed in the carriage rather than visit Mary.
ag
A formal visit was expected to last no longer than a half hour.
ah
Needed.
ai
Tending to repel by coldness of manner.
aj
Dignity of appearance or manner, indicative of a man of substance.
ak
Too much as a confidante.
al
That is, as a baronet’s daughter.
am
Precedence dictated by social rank.
an
Acknowledge ownership by.
ao
Because Charles’s curricle can hold only two people.
ap
The title “Mr.” indicates that the oldest brother is meant.
aq
Being brought.
ar
Inure, accustom.
as
Unmoved, indifferent.
at
That is, his wine cellars.
au
General medical practitioner whose training is less rigorous than a physician’s.
av
Brother-in-law’s.
aw
Obsolete spelling of “tease”; here means to annoy with persistence.
ax
Persuasion against one’s better judgment.
ay
Official publication listing naval officers and containing other information pertaining to the navy.
az
Small warship with one mast.
ba
High-placed connections.
bb
Long cloak.
bc
War vessel of the French navy.
bd
France.
be
The ship’s classification by size and value.
bf
Probably the Hebrides.
bg
Strait of Gibralter.
bh
Larger ships.
bi
County court sessions.
bj
Light carriage for two people.
bk
Ordained as a clergyman.
bl
Region.
bm
Take precedence over me as wife of a baronet.
bn
Property owned as opposed to leased.
bo
Was surprised by, wondered at.
bp
Be overturned.
bq
As lief; be glad to, be willing to.
br
Concerned for.
bs
Occupied with each other.
bt
Unconcerned for, indifferent to.
bu
Put out more sails; thus, metaphorically, put on speed.
bv
Two-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses.
bw
That is, the rooms for public assembly.
bx
Stone breakwater that borders the harbor in Lyme and provides a place to walk along the sea.
by
Small huts wheeled to the shore for the purpose of concealment while changing or bathing.
bz
Low spirits.
ca
That is, Lyme is not on a main road for coaches.
cb
Settle.
cc
Exemption from obligation to reside in the parish.
cd
A panel (“pannel” is a rare spelling) was a piece of cloth placed under the saddle that displayed the family’s coat of arms.
ce
That is, appointed the ship’s captain.
cf
Hanged.
cg
Forced by necessity.
ch
At that time a surgeon was a general medical practitioner, often called to treat wounds.
ci
Most respectable-looking.
cj
That is, of the journey.
ck
Occupied with.
cl
Something that serves as security for the future.
cm
Fed.
cn
Blisters or sores.
co
Short-lived but heavy rain.
cp
Rented dwellings.
cq
House on the grounds of a mansion.
cr
Alternate spelling of “plaster”; in this case, a bandage. “Break his head and give him a plaster” is a proverbial expression.
cs
Relations, extended kin.
ct
That is, in the public mineral baths.
cu
Dish made from minced and molded meat from a pig’s head.
cv
Innocuous.
cw
Low carts without sides.
cx
Overshoes with a high sole and/or an iron ring that raised the feet above wet or muddy ground; the “clink” of pattens resulted from the iron hitting the pavement.
cy
Striving for.
cz
Furnishings.
da
That is, calling cards.
db
Relations, extended kin.
dc
Conventional description of a very good-looking woman.
dd
In other words, she understood that they exaggerated.
de
Having a projecting lower jaw.
df
Gowland’s lotion was a popular skin treatment containing mercury.
dg
Alternate spelling of “crepe”; token of mourning.
dh
Inspiring solemn respect.
di
Politeness.
dj
Formal letters acknowledging births, marriages, and deaths.
dk
In two senses: location and social status.
dl
Graceful and refined.
dm
Genteel; reflecting gentle birth and good breeding.
dn
Providence.
do
In the know.
dp
Honorary emblems of achievement on the coat of arms.
dq
Obsolete spelling of “surname.”
dr
Inspiring wonder.
ds
Able to apprehend or feel.
dt
Acknowledged to.
du
Youngster.
dv
Soft-speaking; figuratively, mild or weak.
dw
Fashionable Bath confectioner’s shop.
dx
Four-wheeled carriage with seating for two couples facing each other.
dy
Acknowledge.
dz
Enclosed sedan or light one-horsed vehicle.
ea
That is, the Assembly Rooms at Bath.
eb
Concert program.
ec
Fit of yawning.
ed
Rooms for those practicing law in the lawyers’ quarters of London, the Inns of Court.
ee
Of inferior social rank (as opposed to degree of wealth).
ef
One who rears and grazes cattle for market.
eg
To auction.
eh
Inheritance of the estate. ‡The traditional family given name.
ei
The credibility of the whole story.
ej
Substantive.
ek
Infer.
el
For payment of the owner’s debts.
em
Take action.
en
Wait for the eventual outcome.
eo
Hint a desire for.
ep
Public exposure or sensation.
eq
Intricate.
er
Artificial.
es
Coherent.
et
Period of time.
eu
That is, game preserves.
ev
Dowries.
ew
Small waterbird.
ex
Room for the pumping and drinking of medicinal water, a location of much social activity.
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