Lots of coincidences in Austen works.
Posted by Kathleen Ann on September 12, 1998 at 10:57:34:
In response to "Fate and Patience"--coincidences, written by Barbara on September 11, 1998 at 23:39:11
] But, there ARE lots of coincidences. Do you think that the novel relies too heavily on them? There wold be no story without them, really. I don't know that S&S is any more rife with coincidences than other JA novels though. P&P is loaded with them, as is Persuasion. What do you all think of JA's coincidences
I have noticed that there are many coincidences in most JA novels. P&P and S&S have the most, but all of her works seem to have at least one or two convinent coincidences to make the story work better.
It seems strange that, with all these coincidences, the parties involved were so ignorant of these situations.
- All those coincidences! Barbara 18:03:00 9/13/98
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- What a coincidence!:-) Thanks for the link.(NFM) BarbaraB 20:37:29 9/13/98
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- What a coincidence!:-) Thanks for the link.(NFM) BarbaraB 20:37:29 9/13/98
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- "Stranger than fiction . . ." Mary Anne 11:35:17 9/12/98
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- A matter of degree Caroline 12:08:26 9/12/98
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- A matter of degree Caroline 12:08:26 9/12/98
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