Beronetage of England

Beronetage of England

Books

Sir Walter Elliot is fond of perusing his copy of the Beronetage to find his own name listed. When his daughters are married, he also takes pride in adding them to Elliot entry. As a man who does not care for reading, Sir Elliot’s affection for the two volume listing of nobility illustrates his vanity and pride in his rank, which he carries into his hopes for his daughter’s marriages. The attention Sir Eliot pays the Beronetage is contrasted with the attention the Musgrove daughters and others pay to the Navy Lists, illustrating the conflicting notions of social importance – noble birth and achievement.

John Debette

Persuasion, Jane Austen

Brianna Sumption

Novel