A View from Confinement: Persuasion’s Resourceful Mrs. Smith

Authors

Lynda A. Hall, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2011

Abstract

"Mrs. Smith is a unique character type in Austen’s fiction: the superfluous female. Austen uses this character to reflect on a possible tragic life for the heroine while highlighting the plight of the poor widow and her lack of perceived value in the society reflected in Persuasion."

Comments

This article was originally published in Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies, volume 7, issue 3, in 2011.

Recommended Citation

Hall, Lynda A. “A View from Confinement: Persuasion’s Resourceful Mrs. Smith.” Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies 7.3 (2011).

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies