Female friendship in eighteenth-century English literature [ Feelings & Emotions ]
… of female friendship in the eighteenth century encompassed various meanings that may have involved bonds as diverse as ‘kinship ties, sentimental relationships, economic ties, occupational connections, intellectual and spiritual attachments, … being devastated by the news that she is engaged to her beloved Edward Ferrars, without suspecting that Lucy is only taking advantage of her good-natured discretion. Similarly, in Mansfield Park (1814), Mary Crawford displays superficiality … by Mary’s brother Henry to perceive Mary’s nature, and instead compete for Henry’s attention. Emma Woodhouse’s kind-minded but patronising friendship with Harriet Smith in Emma (1815) is a pseudo-mentoring relationship aimed at …
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