April Fool!
Thank you, Maria Grazia, for allowing me to be a
guest today on your lovely blog. In
honor of April Fool’s or All Fool’s Day, I’ve been looking at Jane Austen’s
inclusion of foolish people in her works.
I’m sure we can agree that our esteemed author has a penchant for
creating some delightfully silly characters.
I love Emma’s father, Mr. Woodhouse! His eccentricities define him. I thought I was a worry-wart of a mother, but
Mr. Woodhouse puts me in the shade. Emma
has been confined to Highbury since childhood because of her father’s fear of
traveling. He refuses to serve cake because of its ill effects. And let’s not get started on the danger of
drafts! We laugh at him, but we find him
loveable anyway.
