"These painful ideas crossed her mind, though she said nothing."
— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Murray
Date
1818
Metaphor
"These painful ideas crossed her mind, though she said nothing."
Metaphor in Context
Catherine thought this reproach equally strange and unkind. Was it the part of a friend thus to expose her feelings to the notice of others? Isabella appeared to her ungenerous and selfish, regardless of every thing but her own gratification. These painful ideas crossed her mind, though she said nothing. Isabella, in the meanwhile, had applied her handkerchief to her eyes; and Morland, miserable at such a sight, could not help saying, "Nay, Catherine. I think you cannot stand out any longer now. The sacrifice is not much; and to oblige such a friend--I shall think you quite unkind, if you still refuse."
(I, pp. 227-8)
(I, pp. 227-8)
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Reading
Citation
See Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. But the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield-Park," &c. With a Biographical Notice of the Author. 4 vols. (London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1818).
Reading Northanger Abbey, ed. Susan Fraiman (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004).
Reading Northanger Abbey, ed. Susan Fraiman (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004).
Date of Entry
09/02/2014
