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  1. 1. The Leisured Class in 19th Century English Literature: An Examination of the Leisure Habits of the Characters in Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Jakob Preston; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Leisure; Leisured Class; Upper Classes; Victorian Era 19th Century Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre The Picture of Dorian Gray; Languages and Literatures; Social Sciences; Arts and Architecture;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines the leisure habits of the English upper classes portrayed in three 19th century novels, to determine whether gender, wealth, and the urban versus rural distinction, influence patterns of leisure participation within the leisured classes. The novels are Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Brontë, and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), by Oscar Wilde. LÄS MER