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eveninmyh3art · 3 days

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Look, I know the scene where Darcy is describing a truly accomplished woman is meant to be tense and stuff, but I can’t be the only one who thinks it’s hilarious that when Elizabeth told him off for it, he asked if she truly thinks so lowly of her own sex. That entire conversation is essentially

Darcy: for a woman to be accomplished, she has to live up to all these standards

Elizabeth: no one can live up to those standards

Darcy: wow, you don’t think women can be all those things? Sexist🙄

Elizabeth: bitch-

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eveninmyh3art · 16 days

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Why I am NOT an Austen Heroine:

-If I was Anne Elliot, I would have married Charles Musgrove in a heartbeat just to get away from my family

-If I was Elinor Dashwood, I would have ugly cried when Lucy Steele told me she was engaged to Edward until I couldn't breath

-If I was Fanny Price, I would have married Henry Crawford just to get away from Mansfield Park

-If I were Elizabeth Bennet, I would have probably just said yes to Darcy (highly loss adverse and very concerned about my age)

-If I were Emma, I wouldn't have lasted until Box Hill to insult Miss Bates. It would have happened years ago and far more often

-If I were Catherine Morland.... oh... at 17? Oh... yeah, girlies I would totally accuse my crush's dad of murder because I was reading too many Gothic novels...

I AM a Jane Austen Heroine

#this is why i love catherine tbh #she’s so relatable #literally younger me

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eveninmyh3art · 24 days

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I've never thought that Anne was not ill or that it was secretly Lady Catherine's fault, for many reasons, but mainly because Jane Austen tends to be very clear when someone is a hypochondriac. There are a ton of them in Austen's novels and the narrator always makes a snide remark or just informs us outright:

Mrs. Bennet: When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous (at this time that meant a disorder of the nervous system, not "anxious)

Mr. Woodhouse: The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years (noun: a person who is unduly anxious about their health)

Mary Musgrove: While well, and happy, and properly attended to, she had great good humour and excellent spirits; but any indisposition sunk her completely. She had no resources for solitude; and inheriting a considerable share of the Elliot self-importance, was very prone to add to every other distress that of fancying herself neglected and ill-used. (and the following conversation with Anne quickly reveals that she is exaggerating her illness for attention and can't even keep track of what times she was "ill")

Lady Bertram: From about the time of her entering the family, Lady Bertram, in consequence of a little ill-health, and a great deal of indolence, gave up the house in town, which she had been used to occupy every spring, and remained wholly in the country

I could probably go on, especially in the fragment of Sanditon. Now yes, Jane Austen may have been ignoring mental health problems that she couldn't have known about, but it's pretty clear she thinks these people are being silly. But not for Anne de Bourgh! I cannot find this sort of remark about "fancying" or anything. Instead, we have Maria and Elizabeth shocked at how small and sickly Anne looks"

"Only look at her. She is quite a little creature. Who would have thought she could be so thin and small!” (Maria Lucas)

Miss de Bourgh was pale and sickly: her features, though not plain, were insignificant; and she spoke very little, except in a low voice... (Elizabeth)

It's played straight! Anne is just sickly.

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eveninmyh3art · 1 month

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it's just one of those days when it's raining and I really have to talk about Anne Elliot in Persuasion and how much i love this woman with every single fibre of my being.

i just want us to have heroines like Anne Elliot. in my opinion she's one of the best heroines of English literature, especially for when you're a bit older and wiser and you have experienced the unfairness and heartbreak of life.

Anne is miserable in many ways. she's stuck in a life she doesn't want, lacks agency in her life and was persuaded to not only turn down the love of her life but also a good man that could've taken her away from this. Charles Musgrove may not be captain Wentworth but he's a decent man with a family who cares for her and had she married him Anne would at least have a home and independence.

yet despite this she doesn't resent Lady Russell and continues to count her as a close friend. she understands that Lady Russell was genuinely acting out of concern for Anne but is also a flawed person who carried her own predjucides into her judgements of that men.

instead of being witty or confident or optimistic Anne's virtues are patience, kindness and forgiveness. she isn't a doormat but she is a person and does get worn down by the circumstances of her life. she keeps her head in a crisis and looks out for the wellbeing of her friends. she actively listens to people and cares for others. her virtues are all things we can cultivate within ourselves if we try.

Anne doesn't carry her heartbreak with melodramatic, teenage angst like Marianne Dashwood. she mourns what she's lost but understands that it was the result of her own actions and she must accept that. i think this is a feeling readers can understand when we get older. Anne has loved and lost in a way that can related to but she doesn't allow it to corrupt her character.

having romantic heroines that perhaps don't light up a room with their beauty or win heart with their charisma but instead become endeared to both other characters and the reader through their patience and kindness just warms my heart. i think we should try to be more like Anne in our lives. despite the sadness she's living in at the start of the novel her life ends happily, because her kindness and care for others eventually becomes noticed, not just by a man but also by herself as she finally understands her value.

idk i just have a lot of feelings about Persuasion and i could talk about it for days

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eveninmyh3art · 1 month

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Anna and Elena Balbusso’s illustration for Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey.

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eveninmyh3art · 2 months

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I honestly think the scenes of greatest intimacy in Austen are those moments of unspoken solidarity between people when they have to deal with a difficult person: Emma and Mr. Knightley handling the crisis of snow at Christmas, Darcy and Elizabeth curtailing Caroline Bingley's bitchiness to protect Georgiana in the music room, Wentworth seeing the child clinging to Anne's neck and wordlessly removing him, Edmund and Fanny dancing silently together at the end of a long ball, just enjoying being introverts together away from the Crawfords, Col. Brandon fetching Mrs. Dashwood because she would be of comfort to Marianne and Elinor...

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eveninmyh3art · 2 months

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Henry Tilney + Costumes, (requested by anonymous).

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eveninmyh3art · 2 months

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"Unfortunately, most of the women didn't know they were oppressed. They were brought up in a particular, very strict society, they had to take care of their families, they had mouths to feed, they had work to do. They couldn't even read. And for most of those women, political activism was simply something out of their reach. This is why seeing overtly feminist characters in movies kind of doesn't always work for me. Because, no, your average Becky the Baker's Daughter will not be delivering a speech to her Seamstress Cousin about how men treat her as an object. She simply wouldn't have time for that. But, that being said, women had their ways. They didn't go around shouting feminist slogans in the 17th century, but a lot of women were able to go for their lives like a badass, fucking battery ram. And I'm not only talking about scientists and queens and famous women. Maybe your average Becky the Baker's Daughter couldn't become a lawyer, but that doesn't mean she didn't come over her dad's baking business when he passed away and become the most successful baker in the neighborhood. And maybe her Seamstress Cousin wouldn't be able to attend the university, but that didn't mean she didn't completely rule her household or teach her husband to respect her for who she is." - Karolina Zebrowska

Inspired by this very long post that is worth reading.

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eveninmyh3art · 2 months

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This lovely, angelic white gown was seen for the first time in the 2005 production of Pride and Prejudice where it was worn by an extra. It was seen again on the actress Charlotte Riley during her take on the character of Cathy in the 2009 two-part television series adaptation of Wuthering Heights. It wasn’t seen again until 2023, when it was worn by Rose Williams as Charlotte Heywood in Sanditon. It was seen again in 2024, where it was worn by Calypso Cragg as Mary Bennet in An American In Austen.

Costume Credit: Katie S., Anne81, ForgeANewPath, bellcs, carsNcors

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eveninmyh3art · 2 months

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this is devastating but i understand

Propaganda :

Mr Knightley :

Mr Darcy :

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eveninmyh3art · 2 months

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It's funny that Jane Austen's books take place in the 1800s but I swear that I have characters like Mr. Collins, John Thorpe, Lady Catherine de Bourgh in my extended family/ family acquaintance circle.

In fact, I have a great aunt who keeps telling me how proficient her grandchildren would've been in the degree course I'm pursuing, had they applied for that course.

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eveninmyh3art · 2 months

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