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

Palmer, Fanny, _see_ Austen, Mrs. C.
  Papendick, Mrs., _quoted_—on plate and services, 69;
    on hair-powder, 238;
    on dress, 231, 241.
  Parish visiting, 73.
  Perrot, _see_ Leigh-Perrot.
  _Persuasion_—
    Characters in, 210-211;
      Anne Elliot, 314.
    Date of, 98.
    Estimate of, 313.
    Local colour in, 227-228.
    Love depicted in, 137-138.
    Publication of, 315.
    Scene of, 249-250, 314.
    Writing of, 312, 314-315.
    Otherwise mentioned, 24, 62, 90, 208, 224-225, 296.
  _Petrel_ (ship sloop), 198-199.
  Plate and services, 68-69.
  Pollock, Mr., _cited_, 92, 310.
  Porter, Jane, 166.
  Post office, development of, 109-111, 115.
  Post-boys, 111.
  Powys, Mrs. Philip Lybbe (Caroline Girle), 117, 119;
    _quoted_—on Steventon inn, 12;
      on Holkham, 67;
      on an evening party, 127;
      on highway robbery, 160;
      on boy officers, 209;
      on Bath balls, 223-224;
      on Southampton, 257;
      on Wedgwood’s, 287;
      on medical treatment, 303.
  _Pride and Prejudice_—
    Characters of—Mr. Collins, 35-36, 183-184;
      Elizabeth, 58, 81, 95-96, 123, 178-180, 182;
      Darcy, 179-181;
      Jane Bingley, 288.
    Date of, 98.
    _Emma_ compared with, 308-310.
    _First Impressions_ the original title of, 99, 176.
    Improbability in, 187.
    Opinions on—by Sir W. Scott, 182;
      by Miss Mitford, 181-182;
      by Jane Austen, 184-185.
    Publication of, 276-277.
    Publisher’s refusal of, 177.
    Social caste in, 92-93.
    Otherwise mentioned, 58, 81-82, 124, 128, 145.
  Prince Regent, _Emma_ dedicated to, 163, 305, 307;
    librarian of, 304-305;
    character of, 306-307;
    home of, 286.


  Radcliffe, Mrs., 88, 172, 189.
  Residences of Jane Austen, table of, 325.
  Roads, state of, 75, 116, 151-154.
  Rogers, Samuel, _Pleasures of Memory_ published by, 173;
    omnibus story of, 282;
    _quoted_—on novels, 168;
      on hair-powdering, 239;
    _cited_—on head-dresses, 234;
      on Fox, 247;
      on executions, 284.
  Romance, Scott’s plea for, 134-135.
  Rowling, life at, 148-150.

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Jane Austen and Her Times

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

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

Palmer, Fanny, _see_ Austen, Mrs. C.
  Papendick, Mrs., _quoted_—on plate and services, 69;
    on hair-powder, 238;
    on dress, 231, 241.
  Parish visiting, 73.
  Perrot, _see_ Leigh-Perrot.
  _Persuasion_—
    Characters in, 210-211;
      Anne Elliot, 314.
    Date of, 98.
    Estimate of, 313.
    Local colour in, 227-228.
    Love depicted in, 137-138.
    Publication of, 315.
    Scene of, 249-250, 314.
    Writing of, 312, 314-315.
    Otherwise mentioned, 24, 62, 90, 208, 224-225, 296.
  _Petrel_ (ship sloop), 198-199.
  Plate and services, 68-69.
  Pollock, Mr., _cited_, 92, 310.
  Porter, Jane, 166.
  Post office, development of, 109-111, 115.
  Post-boys, 111.
  Powys, Mrs. Philip Lybbe (Caroline Girle), 117, 119;
    _quoted_—on Steventon inn, 12;
      on Holkham, 67;
      on an evening party, 127;
      on highway robbery, 160;
      on boy officers, 209;
      on Bath balls, 223-224;
      on Southampton, 257;
      on Wedgwood’s, 287;
      on medical treatment, 303.
  _Pride and Prejudice_—
    Characters of—Mr. Collins, 35-36, 183-184;
      Elizabeth, 58, 81, 95-96, 123, 178-180, 182;
      Darcy, 179-181;
      Jane Bingley, 288.
    Date of, 98.
    _Emma_ compared with, 308-310.
    _First Impressions_ the original title of, 99, 176.
    Improbability in, 187.
    Opinions on—by Sir W. Scott, 182;
      by Miss Mitford, 181-182;
      by Jane Austen, 184-185.
    Publication of, 276-277.
    Publisher’s refusal of, 177.
    Social caste in, 92-93.
    Otherwise mentioned, 58, 81-82, 124, 128, 145.
  Prince Regent, _Emma_ dedicated to, 163, 305, 307;
    librarian of, 304-305;
    character of, 306-307;
    home of, 286.


  Radcliffe, Mrs., 88, 172, 189.
  Residences of Jane Austen, table of, 325.
  Roads, state of, 75, 116, 151-154.
  Rogers, Samuel, _Pleasures of Memory_ published by, 173;
    omnibus story of, 282;
    _quoted_—on novels, 168;
      on hair-powdering, 239;
    _cited_—on head-dresses, 234;
      on Fox, 247;
      on executions, 284.
  Romance, Scott’s plea for, 134-135.
  Rowling, life at, 148-150.

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