Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions
Subtitle: Subversive Laughter, Embodied History
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780230602489
Subjects: Gothic & Romance; Literary Criticism & Collections / Gothic & Romance; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism
First sentence: In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia intimates that her virginity has already been lost when, on the eve of eloping with a scoundrel, she explains that "I shall send for my clothes when I get to Longbourn; but I wish you would tell Sally to mend a great slit in my worked muslin gown, before they are packed up" (291-292).1