Jane Austen on Vanity
Jane Austen on Vanity
Jane Austen wrote some characters who really were incredibly vain. Can you answer these questions all about vanity in Jane Austen's novels?
Jane Austen wrote some characters who really were incredibly vain. Can you answer these questions all about vanity in Jane Austen's novels?
Who said this:
"Can you trust me with such flatterers?—Does my vain spirit ever tell me I am wrong?"
Which character is obsessed with looking themselves up in the Baronetage?
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us."
Who makes this observation?
A description of Lady Denham by Mr Parker;
"a little self-importance but it is not offensive and there are moments, there are points, when her love of money is carried greatly too far."
From which of Jane's novels do these characters come from?
On reading novels:
"Now, had the young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator, instead of such a work, how proudly would she have produced the book."
From which of Jane's works does this observation come?
"Sir Walter had taken a very good house in _____, a lofty, dignified situation, such as becomes a man of consequence."
Where in Bath does Sir Walter take a residence?
In Sense and Sensibility, Mrs John Dashwood wanted to make "a fine figure in the world" of her brother Edward, and part of that would have been to see him driving what?
In regards to a lack of invitation to Brighton:
"In vain did Elizabeth attempt to make her reasonable, and Jane to make her resigned."
Who were Jane and Elizabeth consoling?
Emma is shaken in her regard for Frank Churchill when she learns that he has gone to London simply to do what?
"They were too handsome themselves to dislike any woman for being so too."
In this quote, who was Jane referring to?