tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post2842910993313406004..comments2023-10-23T23:05:43.506-04:00Comments on Darcyholic Diversions: Laura Dabundo: Faith in the Time of Jane AustenBarbara Tiller Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15237523278334072442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-77139922281858004862012-09-01T01:17:45.280-04:002012-09-01T01:17:45.280-04:00I like your author page on FB.I like your author page on FB..ambre.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13985728198765920439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-31501767443018998212012-09-01T01:17:34.062-04:002012-09-01T01:17:34.062-04:00I like you on FBI like you on FB.ambre.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13985728198765920439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-36111606760938562202012-09-01T01:17:27.620-04:002012-09-01T01:17:27.620-04:00I follow on Twitter @asoftheday.I follow on Twitter @asoftheday..ambre.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13985728198765920439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-82805836357821641012012-09-01T01:17:13.056-04:002012-09-01T01:17:13.056-04:00I follow with GFC.I follow with GFC..ambre.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13985728198765920439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-54106832446959780772012-08-08T20:19:32.898-04:002012-08-08T20:19:32.898-04:00Well I'm glad it helped :)Well I'm glad it helped :)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606881864044928664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-46176320222405489182012-08-08T20:18:48.801-04:002012-08-08T20:18:48.801-04:00Such an intriguing post, Laura. I think readers ov...Such an intriguing post, Laura. I think readers overlook Austen's Christianity because of her satire toward Men of the Cloth. As her father was a clergyman, Austen would've been exposed to a number of self-righteous, hypocritical preachers and expressed her frustrations and amusement through her writing. Having grown up around that atmosphere, I know it's unavoidable and quite aggravating. <br /><br />I've never read her prayers, so thanks for sharing :)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606881864044928664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-27769736487343319352012-08-08T20:17:34.816-04:002012-08-08T20:17:34.816-04:00Ahhhh..... I see your point now. Thank you!Ahhhh..... I see your point now. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-47664086424314158312012-08-08T20:10:10.841-04:002012-08-08T20:10:10.841-04:00June, I see your point about Willoughby in the quo...June, I see your point about Willoughby in the quotation, yet I read it differently. For example, the phrase "His wife was not always out of humour, nor his home always uncomfortable" is another way of saying his wife is occasionally in a good mood and his house is occasionally comfortable. Willoughby finds "domestic felicity" in horses, dogs, and "sporting of every kind" rather than love, companionship, and a happy marriage. When Austen writes that Willoughby "lived to exert" and she goes on to list his supposed blessings, it's as if he is TRYING to make his life seem better than the truth. A half-hearted attempt at finding the silver lining. It's not the justice I would seek for a man that seduces, impregnates, and abandons a 15 year old girl, but I have to wonder if Austen had a soft spot for Willoughby since he did genuinely love and want to marry Mariann Dashwood.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606881864044928664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-37612998857189993332012-08-08T01:51:28.146-04:002012-08-08T01:51:28.146-04:00JA wrote that he did well enough: "He lived t...JA wrote that he did well enough: "He lived to exert, and frequently to enjoy himself. His wife was not always out of humour, nor his home always uncomfortable; and in his breed of horses and dogs, and in sporting of every kind, he found no inconsiderable degree of domestic felicity." He apparently didn't pay a farthing to support his illegitimate child; even PP's Wickham suffered with an unhappy marriage to Lydia.<br /><br />Which of all JA's heroines do you think is the most Christian in behavior and values? Persuasion's Anne Elliot seems most forgiving, although MP's Fanny Price is up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-58734804400895539352012-08-07T09:14:49.867-04:002012-08-07T09:14:49.867-04:00Thank you for your comments. Ah, but do you really...Thank you for your comments. Ah, but do you really think that Willoughby flourishes? At the end, in his interview with Elinor, doesn't he sound remorseful, contrite, grieving for what he has lost, what he traded for? And I agree that Austen wanted clergy to be better than Collins and Elton. I think they stand as negative examples of what she often times observed around her. Human nature@Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-85456863771609616092012-08-07T01:06:52.168-04:002012-08-07T01:06:52.168-04:00I've wondered why Jane - a clergyman's dau...I've wondered why Jane - a clergyman's daughter - let Willoughby flourish in a wealthy marriage after what he did to a 15-y-o girl, or why she wrote such silly clergymen as Collins and Elton. What is your take on that? Also, of all of JA's heroines, which is the most Christian in behavior and values?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078409689570875027.post-82712345515840654372012-08-06T21:06:55.543-04:002012-08-06T21:06:55.543-04:00Wonderful post, Laura! and much appreciated insigh...Wonderful post, Laura! and much appreciated insights into what I have seen so often overlooked in the sequels and variations of contemporary versions/spinoffs. JA was a woman of faith lived out and obvious to readers of faith. Her expressions of that faith are evident in her writing and viewpoints spoken as noticed even today in completing my reading of Persuasion. The many gratitudes expressed to God and heaven, the expressed need for time to meditate on the change in circumstances by both Anne and Captain Wentworth. These realities add richness and value and are a serious loss when overlooked or ignored by modern writers who have not taken time, interest or care in evaluating the influence of faith in JA's writing. <br /><br />Thank you for bringing this truth forward...<br /><br />I would anticipate reading your JA entry with pleasure!Faith Hope and Cherryteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170392449995588653noreply@blogger.com