Key Terms
Austen compared to Mozart
Exquisitely fashioned on the surface; darker depth underneath. Decorum = Mozart's harmony.
Fanny Burney
Published Evelina (1778) to critical acclaim. Best-known serious eighteenth-century British female novelist.
Example of the technique
"The party then gathered round the fire to hear Lady Catherine determine what weather they were to have on the morrow" (
Colonel Brandon
"about two thousand a-year" in Dorsetshire property.
Second sentence
Wealthy men are described as "the rightful property" of local daughters. Layers of irony: men own property, yet are call
Age
Sixteen. "Sensible and clever; but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
Example
Approves of Mrs. Jennings (whose money came from "a low" trade background) only because she is "well-behaved" and theref
After learning the truth
"One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it" (II.17). This is the lesson — getting beyond appe
His quote
"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"
Elizabeth sees this clearly
"She had never felt so strongly as now, the disadvantages which must attend the children of so unsuitable a marriage, no
Characters who transcend this
Elizabeth, Jane, Darcy (to everyone's surprise), and eventually Marianne.
Lydia Bennet
Also claims to rely on love, but love is actually her means to raise status. No real transformation.