Jane Austen [ Art and Literature ]
… parties and impromptu country dances in the domestic space of private homes, although they are also drawn to the new venues for sociability in provincial towns. Catherine Morland, the inexperienced heroine of Northanger Abbey , is … a large population of seasonal visitors while remaining intimate enough to allow for social mixing in its public venues. 7 Catherine attempts to locate her own place in the social order as she negotiates her way through the crowds at …
Courtship | Fiction | Gender | Public sphere
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