I'm surprised that Fanny's only complaining about the speach/behavior of the female characters. The male characters were also being... ummm... immodest.
I know that Austen's big thing was that she never wrote scenes in which no women were present because she didn't know she didn't know how men might behave when not in the presence of ladies. Even so, Fanny's apparent lack of interest in the comportment of the men in this ultra-vapid play amuses me.
I know that Austen's big thing was that she never wrote scenes in which no women were present because she didn't know she didn't know how men might behave when not in the presence of ladies. Even so, Fanny's apparent lack of interest in the comportment of the men in this ultra-vapid play amuses me.
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And excuse my terrible lack of editing. I need some caffeine...
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Henry as a loving son isn't a bad character stretch, but a stretch.
And Edmund being ridiculed for being a clergyman by a flirt...yep definitely in character.
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