Wednesday, April 14, 2010

PERSUASION. Jane Austen.

Persuasion.
... and she could not admit him to worth thinking of again.pg 7. Chap 1.

She was a benevolent , charitable , good woman , capable of strong attachments : most correct in her conduct , strict in her notions of decorum and manners that were held a standard of good-breeding. She had a cultivated mind and was generally speaking , rational and consistent - but she had prejudices ; value of rank and consequence.pg10.

They must retrench - she drew up plans of economy , she made exact calculations .She wanted more vigorous measures , a more complete reformation , a quicker release from debt - a much higher tone of indifference for anything other than justice and equity. pg11.

... his friend urging him
....act of indispensable duty
...persuading them to a complete reformation
...with all the expedition.

Captain Wentworth had the air of being slighted ... yet it was not love, it was a little fever of admiration but it might , probably must end with love for some.

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