Thursday, April 2, 2009

Lydia's Letter

"and from her correspondence with her sister there was still less to be learnt- for her letters to Kitty, though rather long, were much to full of lines under the words to be made public." (Chapt. 42, page 173)

Lydia has secrets that she is informing her sister of in letters and Austin allows the reader to become slightly interested in the content. This foreshadows Lydia's relationship with Mr. Wickham.
Austin does not include a great amount of foreshadowing in her novels, because her style of writing reflects her real life. There are not many obvious occurrences that foreshadow events of ones life, so it makes sense that Austin would not include over the top foreshadowing. Lydia's letters to Kitty include subtle hints that would have not made anyone suspect something in real life.

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