Northanger Abbey - Part 14

Part 14 of 16

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[bodyanti]

haha, eleanor called isabella "easy". burn.

[j0andc0]

Miss Tilney, is, how should i say it?

Most agreeable!

[Ellie21408]

@RiceBunie Read my post again. In Mansfield and P&P, Austen told us about it because it was such a huge deal. And nobody passed it with "oh, they'll be over it".

[RiceBunie]

@Ellie21408 it happens in pride and prejudice and in Mansfield park, why not in this book?

[Ellie21408]

And in my very humble opinion, Frederick wouldn't even propose it. Gentlemen were not expected to be chaste, but they were expected to visit brothels instead of seducing gentlewomen. Not that it wasn't done, but it was a scandalous, huge deal if it was. So I think Austen would have told us about it. And Eleanor wouldn't pass something like that with "oh, she'll be over it". It's not a matter of getting over it, it's a matter of losing respectability and chances of financial security (marriage).

[Ellie21408]

Sex is not stated in the book.

Isabella probably didn't have the morals not to sleep with a man, but she wouldn't do it because it would ruin the most important thing to her: her chances at the marriage market.

[SelenaMulan]

I can't believe the father; I can't forgive that!! JUST because shes not rich!!

[Andiefunny93]

I may be a bitch for saying it, but I'm so glad with what happened to Isabella! Serves her right, foolish girl! =P

[lavenderparfume1]

stop writing the way british speach, you're just coping it. in this country most people speak slang better than the correct english.

[aeo2608]

Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?

[Llewdorian]

Isabella got her comeuppance, but I do feel for her a bit; as other comments have noted she's now damaged goods and any hope of her marrying into money are almost certainly dashed.

Got to give credit to Mulligan for a fine performance here - the "are we engaged line" and subsequent look on her face just perfectly show Isabella's devastation of what she's done, and the look on her face when she's frantically writing the letter to Catherine - she knows she's done.

[DigiScrap34]

Oh, how sad: she was used!!