Estates (Pemberley vs. Rosings)
When Mr. Collins comes to visit the Phillips' estate at Meryton, he compares the drawing
room to the "small summer breakfast parlour at Rosings" (16.2). He explains that in just one of Lady C...
Letters
In a novel where the spoken word rules the day, and where private thoughts don't have too much presence on the page, letters are a stand-in for the interior lives of the characters. Look at Mr. Col...
Balls
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In the early nineteenth century, fancy people living in London during the social season could go to weekly balls held at a private club called Almack's. Velvet...