the bower

"Her Spirits were naturally good, and not easily depressed, and she possessed such a fund of vivacity and good humour as could only be damped by some very serious vexation.- Besides these antidotes against every disappointment, and consolations under them, she had another, which afforded her constant relief in all her misfortunes, and that was a fine shady Bower, the work of her own infantine Labours..." ~from Jane Austen's Catherine, or the Bower

Jane Austen

 
Posts inspired by Sarah Emsley's book,  Jane Austen's Philosophy of the Virtues (click on title to view):

How Should I live My Life? 

The Virtues According to Aristotle, Aquinas, and Austen

Propriety's Claims on Prudence in Lady Susan and Northanger Abbey

Sense and Sensibility: "Know your own Happiness" 

Pride and Prejudice and the Beauty of Justice


Fanny Price and the Contemplative Life

Learning the Art of Charity in Emma

Balancing the Virtues in Persuasion

Conclusion: After Austen


Other Jane Austen posts (click on title to view): 

Jane 

JA laughing 

the Lovely Lady Jane

I do not write for such dull elves

Chesterton on the writings of JA

more from JA

JA quote contest

JA quote contest at an end

Plan of a Novel

feminism in Jane Austen 

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
~from Endymion, book 1
by John Keats

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