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a most attentive listener to the whole Written by Stephanie (10/4/2011 11:50 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, An eloquent prolepsis, penned by Mara

I like to characterize that sentence as a perfectly chosen chapter break.

Author Austen's art shines through, there. If the novel had no chapters, but was simply one long story, like some modern literature, and the reader was obliged to place the breaks where we would, would we have chosen that as a stop? Yet, having seen it there, it is an excellent choice, as the end to the family's discussion of the Crofts as tenants, and the lead-in to the consideration of Anne's past passion and lost love.

*contented sighs*

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An eloquent prolepsis Mara (10/4/2011 10:02 a.m.)

The anticipation! Cheryl (10/4/2011 12:03 p.m.)
- In 4 chapters we see an almost faultless & superior heroine jeffrey (10/4/2011 12:48 p.m.)
  - A picture of perfection? Rachel G (10/5/2011 2:06 p.m.)
    - I feel the same way! Adele W (10/5/2011 2:23 p.m.)
      - Anne and Fanny Nikki N (10/7/2011 11:59 p.m.)
      - A possibility Lisa Dalrymple (10/6/2011 10:45 a.m.)
        
        Good point. Rachel G (10/6/2011 5:44 p.m.)
  - superior heroine Nikki N (10/5/2011 7:37 a.m.)
    - Annes flaws and faults Kathryn Ann (10/7/2011 1:04 a.m.)
      - Anne Bridget D (10/7/2011 7:14 p.m.)
There's no way that Frederick Wentworth Graciela (10/4/2011 12:02 p.m.)
a most attentive listener to the whole Stephanie (10/4/2011 11:50 a.m.)
I'm not sure I understand. Adele W (10/4/2011 10:09 a.m.)
- Kellynch as an expression of Anne Mara (10/4/2011 3:11 p.m.)
  - Kellynch Nikki N (10/5/2011 3:01 a.m.)

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