5/29/2023 0 Comments Persuasion jane austen sparknotesElliot was expected to visit Kellynch Hall to ask for Elizabeth’s hand. The opening chapter tells an unfortunate story of her past: several years ago, she expected an engagement to one William Walter Elliot, Esq., the heir presumptive to the Elliot baronetcy. As such, she has served as mistress of Kellynch Hall since her mother’s death. Like Lady Elliot, she is a beautiful woman whose sensibilities conform to those of Sir Walter. The eldest daughter Elizabeth bears her mother’s name for good reason. Since her untimely death thirteen years ago, Sir Walter has lived as a widower with his three daughters. Lady Elliot, it appears, had been a “excellent woman” and wife, both more sensible and more amiable than Sir Walter (4). of South Park, in the county of Gloucester by which lady (who died 1800) he has issue Elizabeth, born JAnne, born Auga still-born son, Nov. Walter Elliot, born March 1, 1760, married, July 15, 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of James Stevenson, Esq. He reads only one book - the Baronetage, a record of English nobility - in which the Elliot family is listed as follows: Sir Walter, baronet of Kellynch Hall, is a man for whom “vanity of person and situation” is everything (4). The opening chapter introduces Sir Walter Elliot and his immediate family to the reader.
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