ENGLISH 45B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Circulating Library
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Bingley"s: though i have not many, i have more than i ever looked into (74) Elizabeth went away with her head full of him she could think of nothing but of mr. wickham (118) Mr. bennett represents what will happen to elizabeth, for example if she denies mr. He is and worth only what he already is. Gives wife incentive to marry children in order to maintain belongings (i. e. house) Reading is used as a means of communication: Mr. collins displays his readings at the front of his house. Bingley has books that he doesn"t even read. Fiction and other story/entertainment writing was feared by those in power: Excessive imaginations and growth of intellectual desires make people, especially young women, vulnerable. Fictitious writing is criticized as being too ignorant to real-life situations. He replies with the argument that the youth such material is aimed at intentionally mislead and cultivate impressions as opposed to moral truth.
