Andrew ShieldsFeb 12, 2023
"I shall have no scruple in asking you to take my place": Charles Musgrove, guns, and Anne Elliot's opportunity to respond to Captain Wentworth's proposal in Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818). #111Words #JaneAusten #Persuasion #CharlesMusgrove #AnneElliot #CaptainWentworth https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-shall-have-no-scruple-in-asking-you.html
"I shall have no scruple in asking you to take my place": Charles Musgrove, guns, and Anne Elliot's opportunity to respond to Captain Wentworth's proposal in Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818)

In Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818), after Anne Elliot reads the letter in which Captain Wentworth declares himself, she...

Andrew ShieldsFeb 11, 2023
"Rat-hunting all the morning in my father's great barns": Charles Musgrove and Captain Benwick in Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818). #111Words #JaneAusten #Persuasion #CharlesMusgrove #CaptainBenwick #RatHunting https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/02/rat-hunting-all-morning-in-my-fathers.html
"Rat-hunting all the morning in my father's great barns": Charles Musgrove and Captain Benwick in Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818)

In Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818), Charles Musgrove tells his sister-in-law Anne Elliot why he's begun to appreciate his sister Henrietta...