LIT 4046 Romantic Literature: Austen (Fall 22 PLNU) Dashboard
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This is the COVE Editions group for our LIT 4046 Romantic Literature (Fall 22) class. This is the place where we will build our novel maps and Austen timeline.
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The Barton Cottage is where the Dashwood girls, Mrs.Dashwood, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, were invited to live after they were dismissed from their previous home. The cottage is located in Mr. Middleton's property. The Barton Cottage was described to be small, compact and pratical. The building was described as regualr, the roof was tiled, the window shutters were not painted and the walls did not have honeysuckle. The cottage contained two sitting rooms which were about 16 feet squared. This is where Whilloughby would come to visit Marianne and finally announce that he would be departing to London. It also contained 4 bedrooms, an office, stairs and attic. The significance of this in the story is that it shows how lacking they have become financially. It also allows for the plot to thicken as know that there is where Willoughby meets Marianne. It demonstrates their status now that the Dashwood women collected 500 pounds a piece they could no longer afford to live in big...
moreThe family of Dashwoods were established in the land of Sussex for a fair amount of time. The estate was large and had a respectable mannor at the center of the property. The history of possesion in the book Sense and Sensibility begins with a single bachelor who invites his nephew, Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor, to live with him. Mr. Henry Dashwood was in two marriages which produced a total of 4 children. In the first marriage was a male and the second 3 girls. Legally, John Dashwood, the son was entitled to all of the inheritance of Norland Park. Mr. Henry's three daughters and second wife lived in Norland Park until he became sick and passed away. Upon his passing, the legal inheritor, Mr. John Dashwood and his family moved into the mannor and the four ladies were now visitors in their own home. From this property they were displaced to live elsewhere. The importance of this property in the novel is the value for the value that affects the lifestyles of the Dashwoods...
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