Jane Austen and Her Times

Name: Jane Austen and Her Times
Author: Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

Macaulay, Lord, _quoted_—on Jane Austen’s art, 84;
    on novels previous to Miss Burney’s, 86;
    on Miss Burney’s environment, 164;
    on her work, 164-165.
  Mail-coaches, 111-112.
  _Mansfield Park_—
    Characters of, 210-211, 273-275;
      children, 26-27;
      clerical characters, 43-46;
      Fanny Price, 314.
    Date of, 98.
    Education described in, 29-30.
    Minuet described in, 126.
    Publication of, 277.
    Scene of, 257, 275.
    Second edition of, 311.
    Writing of, 270, 273.
    Otherwise mentioned, 4, 62, 82-83, 104, 145, 256, 310.
  Marriage—
    Jane Austen’s view of, 137, 144-146.
    Modern attitude towards, 139.
  _Marriage_, 82, 98, 174.
  Matches, sulphur, 64.
  Mathews, Charles, 293, 294.
  Meal times, 65-67, 162.
  Meals, 68.
  Mitford, Miss, description of Jane Austen given to, 128;
    list of books read by, 168-169;
    publication of _Our Village_ by, 174;
    _quoted_—on M. St. Quintin’s, 31-32;
      on the waltz, 121;
      on morning calls, 162;
      on _Waverley_, 173;
      on _Pride and Prejudice_, 181-182;
      on Kean, 295;
    _cited_—on _Self Control_, 167;
      on the Chawton lawsuit, 297.
  Mitford, Mrs., recollections of Jane Austen by, 128.
  Montagu, Mrs., 7.
  Moore, Mrs. (Harriet Bridges), at Godmersham, 261-262;
    mentioned, 148, 149, 253.
  Moore, Sir J., 265.
  Moore, Thomas, 173.
  Morals, 94-95.
  More, Hannah, fêting of, 161;
    popular estimate of, 172;
    plays by, 162-163;
    _quoted_—on Mrs. Montagu, 7;
      on children, 27;
      on mail-coaches, 112;
      on abolition of letter-franking, 114-115;
      on dress, 243;
    _cited_—on fruit-wearing, 229-230;
    _Cœlebs in Search of a Wife_, see that title.
  Morning calls, 162.
  Mothers as depicted by Jane Austen, 60-62, 89-90, 188.
  Mourning, 253.
  Murray, Mr., 310-312.

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Jane Austen and Her Times

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

Macaulay, Lord, _quoted_—on Jane Austen’s art, 84;
    on novels previous to Miss Burney’s, 86;
    on Miss Burney’s environment, 164;
    on her work, 164-165.
  Mail-coaches, 111-112.
  _Mansfield Park_—
    Characters of, 210-211, 273-275;
      children, 26-27;
      clerical characters, 43-46;
      Fanny Price, 314.
    Date of, 98.
    Education described in, 29-30.
    Minuet described in, 126.
    Publication of, 277.
    Scene of, 257, 275.
    Second edition of, 311.
    Writing of, 270, 273.
    Otherwise mentioned, 4, 62, 82-83, 104, 145, 256, 310.
  Marriage—
    Jane Austen’s view of, 137, 144-146.
    Modern attitude towards, 139.
  _Marriage_, 82, 98, 174.
  Matches, sulphur, 64.
  Mathews, Charles, 293, 294.
  Meal times, 65-67, 162.
  Meals, 68.
  Mitford, Miss, description of Jane Austen given to, 128;
    list of books read by, 168-169;
    publication of _Our Village_ by, 174;
    _quoted_—on M. St. Quintin’s, 31-32;
      on the waltz, 121;
      on morning calls, 162;
      on _Waverley_, 173;
      on _Pride and Prejudice_, 181-182;
      on Kean, 295;
    _cited_—on _Self Control_, 167;
      on the Chawton lawsuit, 297.
  Mitford, Mrs., recollections of Jane Austen by, 128.
  Montagu, Mrs., 7.
  Moore, Mrs. (Harriet Bridges), at Godmersham, 261-262;
    mentioned, 148, 149, 253.
  Moore, Sir J., 265.
  Moore, Thomas, 173.
  Morals, 94-95.
  More, Hannah, fêting of, 161;
    popular estimate of, 172;
    plays by, 162-163;
    _quoted_—on Mrs. Montagu, 7;
      on children, 27;
      on mail-coaches, 112;
      on abolition of letter-franking, 114-115;
      on dress, 243;
    _cited_—on fruit-wearing, 229-230;
    _Cœlebs in Search of a Wife_, see that title.
  Morning calls, 162.
  Mothers as depicted by Jane Austen, 60-62, 89-90, 188.
  Mourning, 253.
  Murray, Mr., 310-312.

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