“I am so very much taken by the conclusion to the seventh chapter from Jane’s Persuasion, when, with so many pages turned in anticipation of their meeting, Anne Elliot caught, finally, “half an eye” belonging to the Captain Wentworth: just one half-glance in a crowded room stiffed by niceties and Good Society.” …
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Palpable Discomfort in Austen’s Prose
Posted in Jane Austen, tagged Anne Elliot, Captain Wentworth, Jane Austen's Style, Persuasion on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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