“ A woman can never be too fine while she is all in white. ”
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park (1814). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
|---|---|
| Source | Mansfield Park |
| Topic | women |
| Date | 1814 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/141/141-h/141-h.htm |
Context
““The new dress that my uncle was so good as to give me on my cousin's marriage. I hope it is not too fine; but I thought I ought to wear it as soon as I could, and that I might not have such another opportunity all the winter. I hope you do not think me too fine.”
“A woman can never be too fine while she is all in white. No, I see no finery about you; nothing but what is perfectly proper. Your gown seems very pretty. I like these glossy spots. Has not Miss Crawford a gown something the same?”
In approaching the Parsonage they passed close by the stable-yard and coach-house.”
source
