...effect." The words which follow are almost like a sigh breathed from Jane Austen's own heart — " How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been, how eloquent,...— the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning." A somewhat unexpected, yet — as in all Jane Austen's books — apparently natural chain of circumstances...

...against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence. She had ibeen forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance...— the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning." A somewhat unexpected, jet — as in all Jane Austen's books — apparently natural chain of circumstances...

...conviction which had always been most grateful to her, of the past being known to those three only among her How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been ! how eloquent,...older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning. connexions, by whom no syllable, she believed, would ever be whispered, and in the trust that among...

...advice would never give counsel 'of such certain immediate wretchedness, such uncertain future good.' She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she...she grew older ; the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.1 Since his wife's death, Sir Walter Elliot had paid little regard to expenses and economies,...

...advice would never give counsel ' of such certain immediate wretchedness, such uncertain future good." She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she...she grew older ; the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.1 Since his wife's death, Sir Walter Elliot had paid little regard to expenses and economies,...

...who do right in some ways and err in others. They all have a place in its society. 165 'PERSUASION' How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been, how eloquent,...— the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning. Persuasion, Vol. i, Chapter 4 In her last completed novel, unpublished and probably only partly revised...

...futurity, against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence 1 She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she...older : the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning." Captain Wentworth is a sailor. Jane had two brothers in the navy, and she could hardly fail to become...

...the creator of Anne Elliot, and we may take her passionate statement on 'romance' as a covert reply. How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been, - how eloquent,...older - the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning, (p. 30) Unlike Jane Austen's other major works, Persuasion is filled with a sense of the moment - both...

...marriage to the heroine eight years after he has been rejected is a symbol of chastened expectation. Anne "had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older," but this meant that romance was something different from what it was to other novelists. Though Persuasion...

...advice and her own response to it are initially explored, which leads to the famous declaration that 'she had been forced into prudence in her youth, she...— the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning' (p. 30). We shall return to this important passage for a more detailed examination later, but for the...