I never thought of miss smith in the whole course of my existence, but paid her any attent. But as she has fancied otherwise, her own wishes have misled her. I am exceedingly sorry, but it is well that the mistake ends where it does. As to myself, i am very sorry that you should have been giving way to any feelings. Nothing could be further from my wishes. No upon my honour, there is no unsteadiness of character. I have thought only of you. Every thing that i have said or done for many weeks past has been done with the sole view of marking my adoration of yourself. It would be impossible to say what emma felt on
Jane Austen created the definitive picture of Georgian England. No writer matches Austen’s sensitive ear for the hypocrisy and irony lurking beneath the genteel conversation. That’s the argument of the Janeites, but to the aficionados of Emily Brontë they are the misguided worshippers of a circumscribed mind. In Wuthering Heights, Brontë dispensed with Austen’s niceties and the upper-middle class drawing rooms of Bath and the home counties. Her backdrop is the savage Yorkshire moors, her subject the all-consuming passions of the heart. To help you decide who should be crowned queen of English letters we have the lined up the best advocates to make the case for each writer. In this event, chaired by author and critic Erica Wagner, we invited guests including author Kate Mosse, Professor and author John Mullan, and actors Mariah Gale, Samuel West and Dominic West, to discuss each writer's influence.
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