female agency

If you mention my name at the Bell, you will be attended to.” Lady Catherine had many other questions to ask respecting their journey; and as she did not answer them all herself attention was necessary--which Elizabeth believed to be lucky for her; or, with a ...

She must own that she was tired of great houses: after going over so many, she really had no pleasure in fine carpets or satin curtains. “If it were merely a fine house richly furnished,” said she, “I should not care about it myself; but the grounds are deligh...