The Role of Gossip in the Novels of Jane Austen

1. access\nThe novels of Jane Austen provide us a valuable insight into the internal life of the 19th ampere-second England which comprises customs and duties of the higher levels of parliamentary procedure (aristocracy, gentry, and middle class), their leisure-time activities, and relationships; and portray the austere social stratification and mobility of that time. It is, however, distinguished to emphasize that they argon chiefly concerned with the manners of communication.\nAustens characters argon seldom alone or unaccompanied, meditating upon their feelings and attitudes but quite the opposite word: they ar almost unendingly engaged in many different social activities vary from the morning c whollys and long walks to the afternoon parties, dinners and county balls which leave space for the chronic exchange of civilities and the obligatory conversations around the weather and the state of roads. But, as soon as these courtesies are exhausted, which happens usually very primordial in the novels of our concern, the characters often stave to discuss matters of rather an signify nature which usually include other(a) characters personal personal business 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 devoted to gossip. Therefore, Jane Austen achieves the detailed picture of all the above-mentioned social issues generally by the numerous dialogues amid the characters which proportionally prevail oer the descriptions of any kind.\nTherefore, the dialogues and the dialogues comprising gossip particularly 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 rashly and excitedly when they overhear or are told a contribution of news which is intimate in nature. A ch ain of events is thereof often triggered, which either complicat...