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Affrighted, a Gothic scare

Posted in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , , on 31 October 2007 |

AFFRIGHTED A violent gust of wind, rising with sudden fury, added fresh horror to the moment. Catherine trembled from head to foot. In the pause which suceeded, a sound like receding footsteps and the closing of a distant door struck on her affrighted ear. The Narrator on Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 21 In honour [...]

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Vex, or not

Posted in Jane Austen's Emma, tagged , , on 30 October 2007 | 1 Comment »

VEX Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. The Narrator on Emma Woodhouse, Emma, Chapter 1 The opening line of Emma is so [...]

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Vanity or vexation?

Posted in Jane Austen's Letters, tagged , , , on 29 October 2007 | 1 Comment »

VANITY I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. The Letters of Jane Austen, 11 December 1815 Unlearned? Uninformed? Vanity? I think NOT! This one line from a letter written to the Rev. James Stanier Clarke, librarian to the [...]

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Borne & burdened

Posted in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, tagged , , , on 28 October 2007 | 1 Comment »

BORNE “Oh Elinor,” she cried, “you have made me hate myself for ever. How barbarous have I been to you! — you, who have been my only comfort, who have borne with me in all my misery, who have seemed to be only suffering for me! — Is this my gratitude? Is this the only [...]

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Tolerable indeed!

Posted in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, tagged , , , on 27 October 2007 | 3 Comments »

TOLERABLE ” Which do you mean?” and turning round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me,” Mr. Darcy, Pride & Prejudice, Chapter 3 What Janeite does not feel jolting alarm whenever we hear the [...]

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