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Of Rears and Vices

By chris | Published: 2 August 2009
An interesting discussion has sprung up on the Austen-L mailing list around Mary Crawford’s suspicious pun in Chapter 6 of Mansfield Park. “Do you know anything of my cousin’s captain?” said Edmund; “Captain Marshall?  You have a large acquaintance in the navy, I conclude?” “Among admirals, large enough; but,” with an air of grandeur, “we know very [...]
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