When it comes to awkward moments, tense moments, moments of severe relational tension, Jane Austen rules with all the mastery of a high-born chatelaine. Though I’ve written about the awkward in other places before, this weekend’s readings for my literature class (from Pride and Prejudice) demand some further consideration.
Read moreAn empty clergyman
Mr. Collins is the name of the pompous clergyman in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. He is a sanctimonious fool. Everything he does is equal measures hilarity and painfulness. And I commend a careful study of him to all clergymen everywhere. Be sober-minded, brothers, lest you fall into the emptiness of the form of life Mr. Collins lives.
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