#elizabeth elliot

[ritadcsc]

Aquele que mantém todas as galáxias orbitando no espaço é o mesmo que me sustenta em sua mão.

Elisabeth Elliot em O sofrimento nunca é em vão, p. 70

[bethanydelleman]

WIBTA for leaving my kids behind while I try to secure their future?

u/ClaytoBeauty

I am a young widow (F27) with two young children (M4, F2). My late husband wasn't very wealthy so I've been forced to move back in with my father. Fortunately, my father is the agent of a wealthy baronet (M54). He's in a little debt right now, but who isn't? The baronet's daughter, Ella (F29), has taken an interest in me and asked me to accompany the family to Bath. I think this is my golden opportunity to improve my life! The baronet doesn't have a male heir and what could be better than marrying a woman with proven fertility?

If I go, I have a chance to catch the father and secure my children's future, but I will have to leave my kids behind and people can be pretty judgmental about things like that... so WIBTA if I spent six months in Bath and left my kids with my father?

Top Comment:

u/PlymouthGirl69

YWNBTA at all! Ignore these other comments about your duty as a mother, as a woman you need to try for the best you can get your hands on! This opportunity is far too good to pass up!

Go secure yourself a baronet!

u/ClaytoBeauty (OP) Thank you for saying this, I have told Ella that I'm going to accompany her!

Comment near the bottom:

u/RosingsRector

A quick consultation of The Baronetage reveals that this baronet is in fact Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall, born March 1, 1760. Ella must be his daughter Miss Elizabeth Elliot, born June 1, 1785. There are two more daughters in the family but as stated, no male heir. The property is entailed, something that I am very familiar with, so the requirement for a male heir is valid.

I will consult with my honoured patroness, Lady C, to see if anything should be done to warn Sir Walter about this scheme. It would be a shame to see such a man marry a woman of low rank and Lady C is very concerned about the preservation of distinctions of rank.

(WIBTA is for future situations, "Would I Be TA?" and YWNBTA "You Would Not Be TA")

AITA Masterpost

[nerdylibertarian928]

If I had a nickel for every time a Jane Austen protagonist had a negligent father whose favorite child is named Elizabeth and has a younger sister sister named Mary I'd have two nickels which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

[aria-baerose]

[aconservadora]

Esperar [em silêncio] é a coisa mais difícil de todas. [...] Mas nós devemos aprender a silenciar sobre aquelas coisas que sentimos mais profundamente, pelo menos até que tenhamos falado exaustivamente a respeito delas com Deus.

Livro “Paixão e Pureza”, de Elizabeth Elliot.

[soufleur]

"Ninguém participa da alegria de Deus sem primeiro provar das aflições de seu Filho."

Elizabeth Elliot, em O sofrimento nunca é em vão, pág. 6

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This beautiful cream color grey coat is worn on Yolanda Kettle as Elizabeth Elliot in Persuasion (2022) and worn again later on ekstra in British Airways May We Haveth One's Attention (2024)

[wexhappyxfew]

hazel is absolutely adorable BUT lizzie will forever have a special place in my heart!! she's a medic?? a blonde?? AND she's struggling with adhd in a time when no one understands it?? YES!!

LIZZIE EILLIOT SUPREMACY!!!!!!!!!

agh lizzie is my absolute queen and always will be. getting to write her character was my absolute favorite thing ever. plus, her connection with tab was absolutely hilarious 😭 the core trio of hazel, cath and lizzie will always be so so special to me! lizzie elliot truly was ahead of her time!!!! 😭🫶✨

THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE!!!!!

got a favorite OC of mine? anonymously tell me about it!

[escritosdajosy]

Com frequência, aqueles cuja perda é a maior de todas recebem a maior medida de graça, misericórdia e paz. Isso não significa que nunca chorem, é claro. Mas eles não desabam.

Esperança na Solidão - Encontrando Deus no deserto (Elizabeth Elliot)

[comicaloverachiever]

The Elliots being an awful family to Anne | Persuasion (1995)

[ritadcsc]

Ore para que você seja um instrumento da paz de Deus, para que, onde houver solidão, você seja capaz de trazer alegria.

Elizabeth Elliot em Paixão e Pureza, p. 69

[bethanydelleman]

You wouldn't happen to know what mourning rituals looked like in the Regency era would you? I'm trying to do some research but all I can find is how Queen Victoria influenced it later on.

This article is a decent rundown, though I dislike the lack of citations but it agrees with my actual historical notes and books: Mourning in the Regency Period

Now from Jane Austen's novels:

You will notice that the "action" of Sense & Sensibility begins half a year after Mr. Dashwood dies. This means the girls would be emerging from deep mourning and entering half-mourning. It is not until that time that Fanny worries that Elinor and Edward might get together. Those six months at Norland probably consisted of very little visiting beyond the family party.

Elizabeth Elliot decides to wear black ribbons for Mr. Elliot's wife, a person she has never met in Persuasion. She had a personal interest in him being a widow, but this shows that a person could decide to mourn for distant connections/family.

Also, both Mr. Elliot and Captain Benwick were in mourning when Anne meets them. Anne protests that Mr. Elliot could not think of her so soon after the death of his wife, but Lady Russell suspects he is:  She [Lady Russell] was as much convinced of his meaning to gain Anne in time as of his deserving her, and was beginning to calculate the number of weeks which would free him from all the remaining restraints of widowhood, and leave him at liberty to exert his most open powers of pleasing.

This is also why Harville is so shaken by how quickly Captain Benwick moved on. Benwick only learned of his fiance's death in August, he proposes to Louisa sometime in December or January, which is just on the line of acceptable (about 6 months).

Also, in Emma, it would be disrespectful of Mrs. Churchill's memory to marry so soon after her death. This is why Frank and Jane wait until November to marry. Mrs. Churchill dies in July.

And here are some Regency mourning clothes:

If you notice the waistline dropping and/or the hem getting really fancy, then it's probably a gown from after Austen's lifetime. This is from 1819:

[costumeloverz71]

Elizabeth Elliot (Phoebe Nicholls) Red jacket.. Persuasion (1995).. Costume by Alexandra Byrne.

[nao-ao-evangelho-de-facilidades]

As condições para o discipulado começam com "morrer", e, se você der o primeiro passo, muito provavelmente descobrirá que foi, de fato, "chamado".

Elizabeth Elliot em Uma vida de obediência

[aconservadora]

Aqueles que se recusam a fazer a vontade dele [Deus] são entregues à sua escolha, uma escolha terrível que certamente traz consigo consequências inevitáveis.

Livro “Paixão e Pureza”, de Elizabeth Elliot.

[soufleur]

"As maiores dádivas da minha vida (casamento e maternidade) acarretaram os maiores sofrimentos (...) As dádivas de amor também têm sido dádivas de sofrimento. Essas duas coisas - amor e sofrimento - são inseparáveis."

Elizabeth Elliot, em O sofrimento nunca é em vão pág. 25