Jane Austen
I'm reading Mansfield Park for an English class, and I'm reminded again how dark Jane Austen can be. Even in P&P, she paints such a vivid picture of a stiffled, constricting society where women simply sat around and wanted for a husband who wasn't going to gamble their money away. I was reading Mansfield out on the Green yesterday afternoon, lying barefoot on the grass in shorts, and I realized how lucky we are - we can wear pretty much what we want, go where we want, and read what we want. Unlike poor Maria Bertram:
"In all the important preparations of the mind, she was complete; being prepared from matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection and contempt of the man she was to marry. The rest might wait."
Woah. It's not always the wonderful, sentimental Darcy-Elizabeth match. Just wanted to share that quote because, beyond its depressing thematic point, it's also a fun sentence. Jane Austen certainly could write. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!
"In all the important preparations of the mind, she was complete; being prepared from matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection and contempt of the man she was to marry. The rest might wait."
Woah. It's not always the wonderful, sentimental Darcy-Elizabeth match. Just wanted to share that quote because, beyond its depressing thematic point, it's also a fun sentence. Jane Austen certainly could write. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!