Mr. Knightley is my favorite male character from Jane Austen’s Emma. To me, he is a paradigm of what it is to be a Gentleman.


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Feb 1, 2012
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This Charming Man

Fanny Price: [referring to Henry Crawford] I do not trust him, sir.

Sir Thomas Bertram: What do you distrust?

Fanny Price: His nature, sir. Like many charming people, he conceals an almost absolute dependence on the appreciation of others.

Sir Thomas Bertram: And what is the terrible ill in that?

Fanny Price: His sole interest is in being loved, sir, not in loving.

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