Fanny fan

Posted by Stolzi on December 04, 1997 at 17:52:49:

In response to Fanny ha-ha or Fanny peculiar?, written by kates on December 04, 1997 at 14:11:41

] So what do people think about Fanny?

I like Fanny, and I think JA liked Fanny, but I agree that she is just a bit insipid. It's also hard to forgive her for being, not just pained and distressed, but critical in a rather superior way, of her harassed mother's household at Portsmouth.

CS Lewis (as usual) nailed it for me in his essay on Jane Austen, which I quoted here some weeks ago, but it's probably gone where dead messages go.

REPLIES:

• Lewis essay? RachelE 22:36:47 12/04/97 (5)
  • Lewis essay on Austen Stolzi 10:01:53 12/05/97 (4)
    • Thank You! :-) nfm RachelE 23:03:12 12/06/97 (0)
    • Another quote? MB 10:59:58 12/05/97 (2)
      • Amis Stolzi 13:58:54 12/06/97 (1)
        • Many thanks, my dear! :-) (NFM) MB 11:54:16 12/07/97 (0)
• JA did like Fanny... kelly elizabeth 20:38:10 12/04/97 (2)
  • Emma Myretta 21:06:20 12/04/97 (1)
    • whoops!(nfm) kelly elizabeth 15:53:48 12/05/97 (0)

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