...to appreciate a fair character ? How could it ever be ascertained that his mind was truly cleansed ? Mr. Elliot was rational, discreet, polished, — but...open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. \Varmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the...

...with the lack of romance in her stories. Her heroines are romantic enough. Think of Anne Elliot. ' Her early impressions were incurable. She prized the...others. Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still.' Was the romantic nature ever better touched off ? But Jane Austen herself was the detached, critical...

...with the lack of romance in her stories. Her heroines are romantic enough. Think of Anne Elliot. ' Her early impressions were incurable. She prized the...others. Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still.' Was the romantic nature ever better touched off ? But Jane Austen herself was the detached, critical...

...exemplified by Anne Elliot's rejected suitor in 'Persuasion.' He was 'rational, discreet, polished—but he was not open. There was never any burst of feeling,...indignation or delight at the evil or good of others. This was to Anne a decided imperfection. Warmth and enthusiasm captivated her still. She felt that she could...

...Elizabeth look up to Darcy. From the first, indeed, she distrusted a too " clever, cautious man." " Mr. Elliot was rational, discreet, polished, but he...or delight, at the evil or good of others. This, to her, was a decided imperfection. . . She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond...

...to be the perfect husband for Anne, strikes her god-daughter as rational, discreet, polished, but. . .not open. There was never any burst of feeling, any...others. This, to Anne, was a decided imperfection. . .She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. Warmth and enthusiasm...

...open. There was never any burst of feeling. . . . This, to Anne, was a decided imperfection. . . . She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. . . . She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked...

...in Mr. Elliot; indeed, she almost immediately informs the reader why Anne does not succumb to him: "Mr. Elliot was rational, discreet, polished, —...others. This, to Anne, was a decided imperfection" (p. 161). The problem with this narrative ruse, of course, is that it foregrounds the subjectivity...

...social graces, and believes that he has seen the error of his ways. Anne's intuition is otherwise: Mr. Elliot was rational, discreet, polished, — but...others. This, to Anne, was a decided imperfection. . . . She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked...

...rejected her 'too generally agreeable' cousin, before she knows the story of how badly he has behaved: Mr Elliot was rational, discreet, polished - but he...others. This, to Anne, was a decided imperfection . . . She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. Warmth and enthusiasm...