12. “…he chose Fordyce’s Sermons.” (Page 47):
The book that Mr. Collins chose to read aloud are sermons for young women written by James Fordyce in 1766. Women were warned against vanities and fashionable pleasures. Austen uses this passage to further represent Mr. Collins in a bad light for the Bennet girls would not be interested in these readings. Austen is also showing her views as she has Mr. Collins, who is shown as a somewhat ridiculous character, reading these sermons it shows that Austen would likely not agree with the advice given to young ladies in the sermons.
“Regency History.” The Jane Austen Centre: Celebrating Bath’s Most Famous Resident. 10March2010. http://www.janeausten.co.uk/magazine/index.ihtml?pid=249&step=4.
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