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.
IS this a grammar error in the play? 'it's use'???
Indeed 'tis most strange and surprising to me That all folks in rhiming their int'rest can't see; For I'm sure if it's use were quite common with men, The world would roll on just as pleasant again.
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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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Indeed 'tis most strange and surprising to me
That all folks in rhiming their int'rest can't see;
For I'm sure if it's use were quite common with men,
The world would roll on just as pleasant again.
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