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further crossposting: the Strafford family
Dec. 4th, 2018 04:53 pmI'm much more concerned about my meta than my fic, tbh.
But Tumblr drama aside, one of my favourite Austen details is this:
“Mr Wentworth was nobody, I remember; quite unconnected; nothing to do with the Strafford family.”
This is Sir Walter Elliot’s dismissal of the Wentworths’ claim to genteel status, but also so much more. See, “the Strafford family” were 100% real.
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But Tumblr drama aside, one of my favourite Austen details is this:
“Mr Wentworth was nobody, I remember; quite unconnected; nothing to do with the Strafford family.”
This is Sir Walter Elliot’s dismissal of the Wentworths’ claim to genteel status, but also so much more. See, “the Strafford family” were 100% real.
( Read more... )
