Mr. Knightley and Jane Austen's concept of the gentleman ideal

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), University of Marburg (Anglistics), course: jane austen, language: English, abstract: Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon, near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She began to write stories wen she was a girl, but only four of her novels wer...