On the topic of Jane Austen
's first accepting, then rejecting, the proposal of Harris Bigg-Wither
, CH
wrote that the acceptance must have been given in a momentary fit of self-delusion, and that Jane...
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Sarah Waters
Despite initial misgivings, Waters says she found the stories—which she calls celebrations of Austen rather than tributes—a pleasure to read and a challenge to judge. She awarded first prize to Jane Austen over the Styx...
Family and Intimate relationships
Jane Austen
JA
changed her mind and retracted her previous night's acceptance of a marriage proposal from Harris Bigg-Wither
.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-11.
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Family and Intimate relationships
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (later GE
) accepted a proposal of marriage from a young artist, still unidentified, only to withdraw it when she apparently realised that her eager imagination had attributed to him attractions that...