The Role of Gossip in the Novels of Jane Austen

1. creation\nThe novels of Jane Austen provide us a valuable insight into the national life of the 19th atomic number 6 England which comprises customs and duties of the higher levels of c wholeer (aristocracy, gentry, and middle class), their leisure-time activities, and relationships; and portray the fixed social stratification and mobility of that time. It is, however, outstanding to emphasize that they ar in the first place concerned with the manners of communication.\nAustens characters atomic number 18 seldom alone or unaccompanied, meditating upon their feelings and attitudes but quite the irrelevant: they are almost constantly engaged in many an(prenominal) different social activities alter from the morning calls and long walks to the afternoon parties, dinners and county balls which leave space for the familiar exchange of civilities and the obligatory conversations closely the weather and the state of roads. But, as soon as these courtesies are exhausted, wh ich happens usually very too soon in the novels of our concern, the characters often put to work to discuss matters of rather an well-read nature which usually imply otherwise characters personal affairs and their suitability for matrimony as far as their descent, wealth, installation of mind and attractiveness are concerned. In short, the characters of Jane Austen are habituated to gossip. Therefore, Jane Austen achieves the detailed picture of all the above-mentioned social issues principally by the numerous dialogues mingled with the characters which proportionally prevail oer the descriptions of any kind.\nTherefore, the dialogues and the dialogues comprising gossip oddly help portray the characters, their opinions and attitudes towards other characters; and provide us the typology of characters in terms of the manner of their speech. Also, the major(ip) characters usually act precipitately and excitedly when they overhear or are told a piece of news which is intima te in nature. A chain of events is thereof often triggered, which either complicat...