 ... to Elinor herself, who had heard so much of it from Colonel Brandon, and heard it with so much attention, as to be entirely mistress of the subject. One question after this only remained undecided between them ; one difficulty only was to be overcome....  Sense and Sensibility - Page 331by Jane Austen - 1901 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver MacDonagh - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 212 pages
...financially invulnerable. Even after their engagement, neither Elinor Dashwood nor Edward Ferrars was 'quite enough in love to think that three hundred and fifty pounds a-year would supply them with the comforts of life'; they would wait until £850 per annum, 'an income... | |
 | Edward Copeland - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 316 pages
...setting her cap for his younger brother Robert, who has £1,000 a year. Nor are Edward and Elinor, "neither of them quite enough in love to think that...year would supply them with the comforts of life," writes Austen (p. 369). The hero of Eliza Parsons' Voluntary Exile (1795) in a noble gesture gives... | |
 | Edward Copeland, Juliet McMaster - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 278 pages
...understanding, we can appreciate, along with Austen's contemporaries, why Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars 'were neither of them quite enough in love to think that three hundred and fifty pounds a-year would supply them with the comforts of life' (SS 369), and we can calculate in pounds sterling... | |
 | Shawna Mullen - Self-Help - 2003 - 244 pages
...residence of a man of education, taste, modern manners, good connections." Henry Crawford, MP Income for it was impossible that Mrs. Dashwood should advance...love to think that three hundred and fifty pounds a-year would supply them with the comforts of life. SS Independence "I had thought you peculiarly free... | |
 | Emily Auerbach - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 364 pages
...expensive lifestyle and the lengths he will go to preserve it. At least Elinor and Edward face real life: "They were neither of them quite enough in love to think that three hundred and fifty pounds a-year would supply them with the comforts of life" (369). The happiest characters in Austen's fictional... | |
 | Janet M. Todd, Janet Todd - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 516 pages
...to marry on that sum. Elinor and Edward, Lucy's superiors in rank and in consumer expectations, are 'neither of them quite enough in love to think that...year would supply them with the comforts of life' (S&S, 3:13). They postpone their marriage until better prospects arrive. James Austen, Jane's eldest... | |
 | John Carey - Art - 2006 - 300 pages
...her novels is seldom unconnected with money. In Sense and Sensibility, for example, Elinor and Edward 'were neither of them quite enough in love to think...year would supply them with the comforts of life'. Very wise and respectable of them too, we gather. This comparison with Wordsworth is not meant to disparage... | |
 | Patrice Hannon - Social Science - 2007 - 180 pages
...while longer. Should a Heroine Care About Money? . . . [TJhey were neither of them quite enough in lave to think that three hundred and fifty pounds a year would supply them with the comforts of life. — Sense and Sensibility Dear Jane Austen, I think my boyfriend is going to ask me to marry him. Great,... | |
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