The clergyman in Jane's mother's family may have given her patterns for the clergymen-heroes in Austen's novels.
Tag: Henry Tilney
Sydney Smith: Model for Henry Tilney?
Henry Tilney may not have been a typical clergyman, but he seems to have been modeled after the wittiest clergyman in England.
The Church in Jane Austen’s England
A final giveaway, and links to my guest posts on the church in Jane Austen's England and excerpts from Fashionable Goodness.
Jane Austen’s Clergymen
A whole range of clergymen appear in Austen's novels. Were they mostly good or bad clergymen? How was each one unique?