2019年11月24日日曜日

BR 3-10: Nothanger Abbey

Henry's first words were of love. (p.60)



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     When you were in the eighteenth century, the view around you would not stop surprising you. At that time, women should be too polite and elegant to talk against men. Those women often appear in Jane Austen's novel influenced by her background, and Nothanger Abbey is one of them. 

     Catherine is an upper-class woman. She goes to Bath, England with her friends and meets Henry Tilney who is so clever and gentle that every woman wants to dance with a ball. Every time they talk, they get closer and closer, and then, he invites her to go to Nothanger Abbey with his family. They had the happiest day of their life, which seems to imply their marriage. One day, Catherine has to go home without being told the reason and decides to forget Henry. After a while, he comes to her house and asks her out, and then they get married. 
     Apparently, it is a common sequence that a couple meet and go into the deep pit and they get a marriage life while overcoming their difficulties. However, Nothanger Abbey gives us more complicated situation of the time. Sometimes there are greedy friends and her brother which disturb Catherine's right. It shows that men had great authority, which forced women to obey them. However, there is a typical rule which we can see in Jane Austen's novels. That is to give right for every one to choose their life, especially women. Her heroines have never given up unless they are in undesirable situation. Every reader is attracted by the latest women figure all the time. 

Austen, Jane. Nothenger Abbey. (1997). Oxford, UK: Macmillan Publishers.


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  1. in the eighteen century
    in the eighteenth century

    Catherine is a upper-class woman.
    Catherine is an upper-class woman.

    which we can see Jane Austen's novel
    which we can see in Jane Austen's novel(s)

    Nothenger Abbey
    Northanger Abbey

    Oxford; Macmillan Publishers Limited.
    Oxford, UK: Macmillan Publishers.

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    1. Thank you for your comment. Could you tell me the difference between Publishers Limited and just Publishers?

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