{"product_id":"9781852851712","title":"Jane Austen and Leisure","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eJane Austen and Leisure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Selwyn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781852851712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40600467013838,"sku":"9781852851712","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781852851712","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}