{"product_id":"jane-austen-and-leisure-david-selwyn-9781852851712","title":"Jane Austen and Leisure","description":"Jane Austen's novels portray a leisured society of gentlemen and ladies who do not need to work. Even the minority of clergymen, soldiers and sailors - men with professions - are almost never seen working. Jane Austen herself, despite responsibility for some domestic tasks, wrote as a woman of leisure. Yet leisure, the distinguishing mark of a gentleman, was not meant to be an excuse for idleness. The proper use of leisure to fulfil duties, to read and to think, and above all to pursue social relations in a world where family and marriage for the propertied was of central importance, was a vital test of character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Selwyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1852851716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781852851712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"David Selwyn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074033873151,"sku":"9781852851712","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b420587e-488d-4e28-a834-6dccb2f97c37.jpg?v=1685451383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jane-austen-and-leisure-david-selwyn-9781852851712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}