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I honestly think Sanditon was me least favorite of those 3

“A little novelty has a great effect in so small a place.”

Oof that wouldn’t have aged well Jane

“Sir Edward's great object in life was to be seductive… He felt that he was formed to be a dangerous man - quite in the line of the Lovelaces. - The very name of Sir Edward he thought, carried some degree of fascination with it. - To be generally gallant and assiduous about the fair, to make fine speeches to every pretty girl…”

BOO

‘If I understand you aright' - said Charlotte - ‘our taste in novels is not at all the same.’

This has the same feel as “Mr. Darcy is all politeness” while really wanting to stab the guy lol

“but my feelings tell me too plainly that in my present state, the sea air would probably be the death of me.” LOL

Ew. I’m so glad o don’t use leaches on my headaches

“Charlotte having received possession of her apartment, found amusement enough in standing at her ample Venetian win-dow, and looking over the miscellaneous foreground of unfinished buildings, waving linen, and tops of houses, to the sea, dancing and sparkling in sunshine and freshness.”

"everybody has heard of Sanditon, - the favourite - for a young and rising bathing-place, certainly the favourite spot of all that are to be found along the coast of Sussex; - the most favoured by nature, and promising to be the most chosen by man."

ok so…….nobody moved

Next up: Sanditon

Oh I’m so sad that The Watson’s was unfinished!!

So charming! Emma could definitely be ranked among Austen’s lovely, determined, and brave heroines. So cool that we have Cassandra Austen’s knowledge of how the story was going to continue and end but makes me wish we had that even more!!

“It was well for her that she was naturally cheerful; - for the change was such as might have plunged weak spirits in despondence.”

Knowing the background of Jane’s life while writing this makes this line hit hard. I could easily see her writing this trying to make it true in her own life.

“And so, he departed, delighted with the uncertainty in which he had left it.”

Ugh how annoying

“You know I am no card player. I think a snug chat infinitely better. I always say cards are very well sometimes, to break a formal circle, but one never wants them among friends.”

Ewwww do not like her oldest brother

“Female economy will do a great deal my Lord, but it cannot turn a small income into a large one.”

Lord Osborne was silenced. Her manner had been neither sententious nor sarcastic, but there was a something in its mild seriousness, as well as in the words themselves which made his lordship think;

Looove