tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post1974168036137393063..comments2024-01-29T03:20:32.291-05:00Comments on ...... SHARP ELVES SOCIETY ...... Jane Austen's Shadow Stories: Mary Crawford paraphrases the Doge (and Jesus): Teaching Fanny to think (way) outside the…cage, by rendering unto Bertram ONLY what is Bertram’s Arnie Perlsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-78709929387331052272020-09-15T23:13:42.882-04:002020-09-15T23:13:42.882-04:00Whoever you were, sorry to reply 2 years late! Tha...Whoever you were, sorry to reply 2 years late! Thank you for your wonderful comment, which I hobvously agree with!Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-77037107165878001272018-11-09T22:08:24.790-05:002018-11-09T22:08:24.790-05:00Forgive me for commenting anonymously. This moment...Forgive me for commenting anonymously. This moment is such a profound example of how much a reading by someone ignorant of Austen's incredibly rich knowledge and subtle use of allusions to liturature, philosophy, history (and more) is the epitome of shallow.<br /><br />I find Mary's character exceptionally intetesting and the dismissal of her as vulgar and 'shallow' drives me bonkers. Mary was as much one of Austen's masterpieces as any of her heroines (including Fanny) and I can only wish more people would look past the surface and at least notice the existance of the depth underneath. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com