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Mansfield Park ‧ 1814
There is scarcely a young lady in the united kingdoms, who would not rather put up with the misfortune of being sought by a clever, agreeable man, than have him driven away by the vulgarity of her nearest relations.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The passage argues that many young women would prefer an agreeable suitor to losing him through their relatives’ vulgarity. Its criticism targets interference by relatives; it remains the narrator’s generalisation rather than a fact about every woman’s wishes.
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