"Arthur Austen-Leigh Arthur Henry Austen-Leigh (28 February 1836 – 29 July 1917) was an English Anglican vicar, cricketer and association footballer. Austen-Leigh was born at Speen, Berkshire in February 1836, to Emma Smith and her husband, the vicar, James Edward Austen-Leigh, who was a nephew to the novelist Jane Austen. He was educated at both Radley College and Cheltenham College, before studying law and theology at Balliol College, Oxford. While studying at Balliol in 1857, Austen-Leigh played first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex at Lord's. He batted once in the match, opening"
"fact the voice of the community of Highbury, which wants the fiancée of Mr. Elton to be ""perfect"", whom the narrator sarcastically calls the ""usual"" sort of community gossip is about a new arrival in Highbury, whom everyone thinks is ""charming"". Since the character of Mrs. Elton is in fact far from ""charming"", the use of the term ""charming"" to describe her is either the gossip of Highbury and/or the narrator being sarcastic. Likewise, the Australian school John Wiltshire wrote one of Austen's achievements to ""give depth"" to the ""Highbury world"". Wiltshire noted that Austen put the population of Highbury"
"and Emma in a disagreement with one another), who had convinced herself that Harriet's class and breeding were above associating with the Martins, much less marrying one. His second proposal of marriage is later accepted by a contented Harriet and approved by a wiser Emma; their joining marks the first out of the three happy couples to marry in the end. Philip Elton is a good-looking, initially well-mannered, and ambitious young vicar, 27 years old and unmarried when the story opens. Emma wants him to marry Harriet; however, he aspires to secure Emma's hand in marriage to gain her dowry"
"of £30,000. Mr Elton displays his mercenary nature by quickly marrying another woman of lesser means after Emma rejects him. Augusta Elton, formerly Miss Hawkins, is Mr Elton's wife. She has 10,000 pounds, but lacks good manners, committing common vulgarities such as using people's names too intimately (as in ""Jane"", not ""Miss Fairfax""; ""Knightley"", not ""Mr Knightley""). She is a boasting, pretentious woman who expects her due as a new bride in the village. Emma is polite to her but does not like her. She patronises Jane, which earns Jane the sympathy of others. Her lack of social graces shows"
"companion and friend Miss Taylor, now turns her attention towards making a match for Mr Elton, the local vicar, and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma (1972 TV serial) Jane Austen's novel Emma (1815) was transmitted as a six-part TV serial by BBC Television in 1972. It was directed by John Glenister. This dramatization brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's arguably finest novel Emma,"
"believe she misperceived him, she returns home to Berry Hill and falls ill. Slowly recuperating from her illness, Evelina agrees to accompany her neighbour, a sarcastically tempered widow named Mrs Selwyn, to the resort town of Clifton Heights, where she unwillingly attracts the attention of womanizer Lord Merton, on the eve of his marriage to Lord Orville's sister, Lady Louisa Larpent. Aware of Lord Orville's arrival, Evelina tries to distance herself from him because of his impertinent letter, but his gentle manners work their spell until she is torn between attraction to him and belief in his past duplicity. The"
"(a small terrace in Chapel Allerton). Although Trevor shows little interest in politics, he generally champions society's underdogs and when provoked defends his girlfriend's left leaning political views. Jill is a liberal minded English teacher. Jill is interested in conservation and social issues and at one point stands in a local council by-election. Jill's tastes are slightly more sophisticated than Trevor's, with Jill being interested in great literature, old films and classical music. Jill is a divorcee, with no fond memories of her ex-husband. Only ever referred to as Mr Carter, his first name is never revealed. Mr Carter is"
"in general and about life in Victorian England in particular. As he grows increasingly critical of local mores, he is eventually denounced as ""a Socialist."" The vicar, his host, meanwhile comes under attack by fellow clerics, neighbours, and even servants for harbouring a disreputable character (no one but the vicar believes he comes from another world, and people take to calling him ""Mr. Angel""). The angel's one talent is his divine violin-playing, but he is discredited at a reception that Lady Hammergallow agrees to host when it is discovered that he cannot read music and confides to a sympathetic listener"
"Elton, who attempts to elevate Jane Fairfax into the elite. This is a cruel struggle as Jane is not rich enough to have properly belong to the elite, and Mrs. Elton is showing Jane a world that she can never really belong, no matter how much parties and balls she attends. In addition to her annoyance at Mrs. Elton's relationship with Jane, Emma finds Mrs. Elton an ""upstart"", ""under-bred"" and ""vulgar"", which adds venom to the dispute between the two women. Mrs. Elton is only a first generation gentry, as her father bought the land that she grew up on"
"daughter; Mrs Rose, the housekeeper for Dr Harrison; Jessie Brown, who rejects Major Gordon's marriage proposal twice despite her feelings for him; Laurentia Galindo, a milliner who strongly believes men and women are on equal footing; the Honourable Mrs Jamieson, a snob who dresses her dog in ensembles to match her own; Sophy Hutton, the vicar's eldest daughter and surrogate mother to her three younger siblings, who is courted by Dr Harrison; and the aristocratic Lady Ludlow, who lives in splendour at Hanbury Court and perceives change as a peril to the natural order of things. The principal male characters"
"never marry, Emma takes credit for matchmaking her friend and former governess, Miss Taylor, to the widower Mr. Weston. Emma decides to organize marriages for others of her acquaintance, despite friendly warnings not to meddle from Mr. Knightley, who is both an old friend, her brother-in-law, and the wealthy owner of Donwell Abbey. Emma resolves to marry her new friend, a pretty orphan named Harriet Smith, to the young parish priest Mr. Elton. This fails once Emma realizes to her horror that Elton desires to marry her instead. New arrivals come to Highbury, including young orphan Miss Fairfax and Elton's"
"scholars have looked upon it with increasing favour, describing it as a powerful work that has suffered undeserved neglect. Present-day critics have focussed increasingly on the Carry Brattle subplot; it has been suggested, supported in part by the similarity of passages from ""The Vicar"", from the ""Autobiography"", and from ""The Small House at Allington"" referring to Johnny Eames, that some aspects of her portrayal are based on the novelist's own early adulthood in London. The Vicar of Bullhampton The Vicar of Bullhampton is an 1870 novel by Anthony Trollope. It is made up of three intertwining subplots: the courtship of"
"characters who often experience flatulence and drunkenness, and running afoul of the law. The narrative also pokes fun at religion, place names and foreigners. The capricious and sometimes unjust nature of male-female relationships is a constant theme. Corporate culture and military culture are ridiculed. As in much of Elton's comic work, the central character is an unsuccessful, self-loathing, 'farty' skinny Englishman who has trouble relating to women. The book's prominent themes include: Colin ""CD"" Dobson lives a humdrum life at a critical point in history. The environment is being destroyed by a series of 'avalanches' – sudden upsets in the"
"Mr William Collins Mr William Collins is a fictional character in the novel ""Pride and Prejudice"" by Jane Austen. He is the cousin of Mr Bennet, and is the clergyman at the Hunsford parsonage near Rosing's Park, the estate of his patroness Lady Catherine De Bourgh. Since Mr and Mrs Bennet have no sons, Mr Collins is the current heir presumptive to the Bennet's family estate of Longbourn House. Mr Collins is first introduced during his visit to Longbourn, Mr Bennet's estate. Mr William Collins, 25 years old as the novel begins, is Mr Bennet's distant cousin, a clergyman, and"
"her sister's brother-in-law, Mr. Knightley, and tries to match her new friend Harriet Smith to Mr. Elton, the local vicar. First, Emma must persuade Harriet to refuse the marriage proposal from Robert Martin, a respectable, educated, and well-spoken young farmer, which Harriet does against her wishes. However, Mr. Elton, a social climber, thinks Emma is in love with him and proposes to her. When Emma tells him that she had thought him attached to Harriet, he is outraged. After Emma rejects him, Mr. Elton leaves for a stay at Bath and returns with a pretentious, ""nouveau-riche"" wife, as Mr. Knightley"
"in the attempt to save his wife, are married. Edward's sight is partially restored as Jane shows him their new-born son. According to ""Variety"", ""Most of the novel's unforgettable Gothic incidents are here: the orphaned Jane's cruel treatment at the hands of her aunt and her spoiled, sadistic cousin; further humiliation at the Lowood school, where she is befriended by the angelic Helen Burns, who then departs --- lickety-split --- to join her immortal brethren; and, of course, Jane's great, doomed romance with her employer Edward Fairfax Rochester (James Barbour), dark of brow and gloomy of spirit, but sexy as"
"bonds with Catherine over sentimental novels; while their friendship also opens a conduct book debate over female correspondence: Isabella's mother maintains that “Nothing forms the taste more than sensible & Elegant letters”, while Catherine's aunt objects to “a correspondence between Girls as...the frequent origin of imprudence & Error”. Romance enters ""The Bower"" with Edward Stanley, whose presentation in some ways anticipates Mr Darcy, in others John Willoughby: his eventual role as villain or as hero remains undefined. Catherine, or The Bower Catherine, or the Bower (""Kitty, or the Bower"") is an unfinished novel from Jane Austen's juvenilia. With its realistic"
"the saint on top of its tower. The arms of Nottingham are almost identical because of the city's connection with Cole, her supposed father. In medieval legend and chivalric romance, Helena appears as a persecuted heroine, in the vein of such women as ""Emaré"" and ""Constance""; separated from her husband, she lives a quiet life, supporting herself on her embroidery, until such time as her son's charm and grace wins her husband's attention and so the revelation of their identities. Helena is the protagonist of Evelyn Waugh's novel ""Helena"". She is also the main character of ""Priestess of Avalon"" (2000),"
"James Morland, whom Darcy has installed in a local parish. The latter denouement was hinted at by Austen herself in her letters, where she mentions that she can imagine Kitty married to a Derbyshire clergyman. Almost as an afterthought, Brinton also pairs up Tom Bertram and Isabella Thorpe, completing a sequence in which all of Brinton's characters destined for matrimony become engaged to someone from a different Jane Austen novel. Very little is known about Sybil Grace Brinton. She was born in 1874 at Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire and was subject to ill health throughout her life. She got married in"
"appalled and dismayed, which leads to her revelation that she is in love with Knightley. Mrs. Elton's relationship to Jane Fairfax parodies Emma's relationship to Harriet. Mr. Woodhouse, Emma's father, is a valetudinarian and is so paranoid about his own and others' health that he is nearly helpless. He is against eating cake, going outside, attending parties, and getting married, among other things, on the grounds that these might damage the health. As a result, Emma takes on the role of caretaker for him, as he is incapable of exerting parental influence or even taking care of himself. Mr. Woodhouse"
"Shepperton, a village near Milby. A pious man, but ""sadly unsuited to the practice of his profession"", Barton attempts to ensure that his congregation remains firmly within the care of the Church of England. His stipend is inadequate, and he relies on the hard work of Milly, his wife, to help keep the family. Barton is new to the village and subscribes to unpopular religious ideas; not all of the congregation accept him, but he feels that it is especially important to imbue them with what he sees as orthodox Christian views. Barton and Milly become acquainted with Countess Caroline"
"Father Brown Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English novelist G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. Chesterton loosely based him on the Rt Rev. Msgr. John O'Connor (1870–1952), a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. In ""The"
"her by Tattle, the vain, half-witted beau, who finds himself married to Mrs. Frail, the lady of easy virtue, when he thinks he has captured Angelica; and Foresight, the gullible old astrologer. Valentine has fallen under the displeasure of his father by his extravagance, and is besieged by creditors. His father, Sir Sampson Legend, offers him £4000 (only enough to pay his debts) if he will sign a bond engaging to make over his right to his inheritance to his younger brother Ben. Valentine, to escape from his embarrassment, signs the bond. He is in love with Angelica, who possesses"
"away at the time of eviction. Birk, however, leads Lit'l Fellow away from Limerick and into Newmarket, County Cork. There, Lit'l Fellow happens to find a briefcase lost by a local landlord, marquis Piborne. After returning the briefcase containing £100 to marquis' residence, Trelingar Castle, Lit'l Fellow is invited to serve in the castle as a groom to marquis' son, count Ashton. The boy accepts and serves in the castle for several months, once again suffering constant ridicule from other servants and antics of the spoiled Ashton. Birk, being at odds with Ashton's dogs, cannot be taken by the boy"
"later Butler, his older daughter Effie Deans, later Lady Staunton, his younger daughter The Whistler, Effie's son David Deans, Jeanie's eldest child The Laird of Dumbiedikes, Jeanie's admirer Reuben Butler, a schoolmaster Bartoline Saddletree, a harness-maker Mrs Saddletree, his wife Rev. Robert Staunton, Rector of Willingham George Staunton, alias Robertson, his son Andrew Wilson, a smuggler, his companion Meg Murdockson, George's nurse Madge Wildfire, her crazy daughter Gideon Sharpitlaw, procurator fiscal Jim Ratcliffe, a criminal turned jailor Baillie Middleburgh, a magistrate Mr Fairbrother, counsel for Effie Mrs Bickerton, landlady of the 'Seven Stars' at York Mrs Glass, a tobacconist MacCallum"
"spending time with him, though Edgar views her as a nuisance. She is a strong leader, and organizes the rebellion against the Highlands. Mr. Ratikan – The owner of the Grove. He oversees the picking of figs to pay the Highlands' taxes. He is very irritable and mean to the workers, especially Edgar, who often causes mischief. He is in league with Lord Phineas in a secret project with nasty results. Lord Phineus – The ruler of Atherton. He is a tyrant, and uses his board of two people, Sir Emerick and Sir Philip, to enforce his evil laws. He"
"uncle, Adam Eddington II, worked and died. (In the book, Eddington Point in Antarctica, where LeNoir Station is located, is named after Adam's uncle.) Adam's Great Aunt Serena, widow of Adam Eddington I (a banker) and mother of Adam Eddington II, is introduced. She gives Vicky the trip to Antarctica that drives the story. Adam quotes William Shakespeare (especially from ""Hamlet"") to Vicky in his letters and postcards, trying to obliquely warn her of the same kind of dangers that resulted in his uncle's murder a generation earlier. When Vicky inadvertently runs afoul of soldiers and a drug kingpin from"
"situation. She is the same age as Emma and has been given an excellent education by her father's friend, Colonel Campbell. Emma has not been as friendly with her as she might because she envies Jane's talent and is annoyed to find all, including Mrs. Weston and Mr. Knightley, praising her. The patronizing Mrs. Elton takes Jane under her wing and announces that she will find her the ideal governess post before it is wanted. Emma begins to feel some sympathy for Jane's predicament. Emma decides that Jane and Mr. Dixon, Colonel Campbell's new son-in-law, are mutually attracted, and that"
"in a small town in Wiltshire. It develops three subplots, all connected with Frank Fenwick, the eponymous vicar. The first subplot involves the courtship of Mary Lowther, a childhood friend of the vicar's wife. Harry Gilmore, a Bullhampton squire and a friend of the Fenwicks, falls deeply in love with her. Mary recognises that Gilmore is a good man, but she fears that she does not adore him as a woman should adore the man she marries. The Fenwicks and her guardian aunt all urge her to accept his proposal, telling her that the affection she does not now feel"
"who is ""by no means an aspirant to sainthood"". Mr William Collins Mr William Collins is a fictional character in the novel ""Pride and Prejudice"" by Jane Austen. He is the cousin of Mr Bennet, and is the clergyman at the Hunsford parsonage near Rosing's Park, the estate of his patroness Lady Catherine De Bourgh. Since Mr and Mrs Bennet have no sons, Mr Collins is the current heir presumptive to the Bennet's family estate of Longbourn House. Mr Collins is first introduced during his visit to Longbourn, Mr Bennet's estate. Mr William Collins, 25 years old as the novel"
"asks him for help in locating Wickham, and later Tanner is Wickham's ""escort"" to the church where he marries Lydia. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman is the collective name given to a trilogy of historical romance novels written by Pamela Aidan. As the title suggests, they are based heavily on Jane Austen's novel ""Pride and Prejudice"", and feature many events of the novel as seen from the perspective of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the central male character of Austen's novel. The trilogy of novels explores Darcy's perspective on the events of ""Pride and Prejudice"" - in particular focusing on his"
"both in Oxfordshire, along with the old British usage of 'cum', meaning 'alongside' in the middle of a village name, as in Chorlton-cum-Hardy). The lead character is Penelope Toop, former actress and now wife of the local vicar, the Rev. Lionel Toop. The Toops employ Ida, a Cockney maid. Miss Skillon, a churchgoer of the parish and a scold, arrives on bicycle to gossip with the vicar and to complain about the latest 'outrages' that Penelope has caused. The vicar then leaves for the night, and an old friend of Penelope's, Lance-Corporal Clive Winton, stops by on a quick visit."
"reader cannot ignore the developmental damage that has been caused by Mr. Woodhouse's indifferent parenting style as Emma struggles to form healthy adult relationships. Class is an important aspect to Emma. The distinctions between the classes is made explicitly clear to the reader by Emma and by Austen's descriptions. The social class structure has the Woodhouses and Mr. Knightley at the top, the Eltons, the Westons, Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax below them, and even further down the line Harriet, Robert Martin, and the Bates. This social class map becomes important when Emma tries to match Mr. Elton and Harriet"