[lbo-talk] Austen on Rears and Vices (or perhaps Vices of Rears)

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Fri Jun 16 15:22:46 PDT 2006


Ah, yes, Mansfield Park. The Cinderella story whose heroine is named Fanny Price.

I keep harping on this point, but it bears repeating.

Joanna

Carrol Cox wrote:


>Mansfield Park, vol. I, ch. 6:
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> "Do you know anything of my cousin's captain?" said Edmund; "Captain
>Marshall? You have a large acquaintance in the navy, I conclude?"
>
> "Among Admirals, large enough; but," with an air of grandeur; "we know
>very little of the inferior ranks. Post captains may be very good sort
>of men, but they do not belong to us. Of various admirals I could tell
>you a great deal; of them and their flags, and the gradation of their
>pay, and their bickerings and jealousies. But in general, I can assure
>you that they are all passed over, and all very ill used. Certainly, my
>home at my uncle's brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of
>Rears, and Vices, I saw enough. Now, do not be suspecting me of a pun,
>I entreat."
>
> Edmund again felt grave, and only replied, "It is a noble profession."
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