#captain fredrick wentworth

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The Letter...

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Saw a tiktok comment section of people arguing about who loved harder - men or women and it's like pack it up everyone Captain Fredrick Wentworth and Anne Elliot already hashed this out in chapter 23 of Persuasion 207 years ago

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Book Notes | Persuasion by Jane Austen | 20.04.2024

I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in. F.W

Jane Austen does it again; what a wonderful author. The more I read her works, the more I understand her personality, writing style, and themes.

It is quite rare to find a book that makes you scream at the pages and unable to contain your excitement. Yet every book by her does this to me.

The book is very similar in themes and events to Pride and Prejudice. It feels like an alternate universe where Darcy and Elizabeth have been separated for eight years. Everything is filled with nostalgia, feelings of being too old, missed opportunities, and grief for what could have been. The title comes from the first act of PERSUASION that separated Anne and Captain Wentworth.

This all makes sense since Austen wrote this book near the end of her life. With all of her experience, this book (compared to Pride & Prejudice) is aged and mature.

Anne’s character is more gracious, decent, and compassionate than Elizabeth’s, but she isn’t portrayed with the same cunning of mind.

There are so many similarities; the trope of a William character is also present here; he looks charming but very superficial and lies. 

Darcy’s archetype looks cold and distant and is often compared to the William trope, but he is, in reality, a man of honor.

This book emphasizes family name, graciousness, and elegance of behavior more. I don’t often use typology analogies, but this book seems very Si-Fe compared to Fi/Si of P&P.

“There is hardly any personal defect, which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to.”

A lot of lovely philosophical discussions happen between characters about gender roles.

The book is amusing, and the dialogue leaves half a smile on your face on each page. It is beautifully written.

Kellynch Hall, Uppercross

Sir William Elliot

Elizabeth Elliot, Miss Elliot

Anne Elliot

Marry Elliot, now Mrs. Musgrove

They have money problems, so they rent the place to Admiral Croft and his wife, Mrs. Croft.

Admiral Croft has a frank character, which Anne appreciates far more than the cold elegance of her station.

Mrs. Croft has a brother, Captain Fredrick Wentworth, who is the main love interest.

Mr. Musgrove has two sisters, Louisia and Hariette.

Lyme, we see Captain Benwick.

Louisia courts Wentworth, and Louisia gets a stroke by falling. This all happened so suddenly that I hit the pages and went back and read them over and over again.

A criticism is that the male love interest in her books is always too perfect, without defects other than pride.

The book mentions the importance of a solid and matching mind in all partnerships; without it, there would be no joy.

There is this incredible understanding of human nature, down to the minute detail of behavior, awkwardness, irony, and differences in character. Austen seems to see through people to write books like this, especially when her own experience of never being married is taken into account.

“The worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character is that no influence over it can be depended on.”

“Her spirits wanted to solitude and silence, which only numbers could give.”

This is an incredible passage on how people use groups to get away from their heads.

When Anne sees Wentworth again after years, she is grieving, thinking about what she had lost and what they could’ve been.

A good shade is thrown at moralists and preachers of her time, saying that their conduct often contradicts their actions.

The discussion of whether men or women love the longest is in full spectrum. Anne proposes that men have the world to deal with, are often busy, and will move on easier, Benwick being an example.

She insists that women will love after the person is gone and when there is no hope—being hopeless romantics.

Thank God there were no 4th wall breaks in this book like previously on P&P.

Austen describes Lyme and Bath well, using dialogue alone, bringing out delicate and detailed mental imagery. Builds upon it not by giving a direct, overall explanation of the environment. But by subtly hinting it here and there.

There is so much family pride in Elizabeth and Sir William, so much VANITY, which is a topic the book constantly mentions. The limiting factor is being respectable and putting on a face.

Anne, interestingly, recognizes being prideful while honestly not being so. She does not care for rank or name.

Anne’s childhood friend, Mrs. Smith, despite being in a bad situation, still managed to be happy. This shows the importance of “elasticity of mind,” which is said to be a gift from God. It shows the importance of being content yet not submissive or yielding to fate.

Mrs. Smith mentions that when people are sick, you see their worst side, contrary to Anne’s cheerful, naive ideas.

There is often a talk on (usually done with humor) how love blinds people to the faults of others. It makes the ugly seem perfect.

Mr. Elliot is too agreeable, “various as were the tempers of Sir William’s house; he pleased them all. He endured too well, stood too well with everybody.”

Austen dislikes the inauthentic nature of this archetype of men.

After the loss of his wife, Captain Benwick needed to be loved. He would love anyone who would love him back. He didn’t fall in love with Anne because of her great mind, character, or book recommendations.  No, he liked her because he thought she wanted him. Any attention would’ve done it.

This is the worst kind of love, as it is not love.

Wentworth and Anne acknowledge the importance of being frank and direct with their feelings. Imagine the pain and time it would save everyone. Some scenes are genuinely like high-school romances.

The tension of Anne’s situation, the chase, and the feeling of “agitation, pain, pleasure; a something between delight and misery” are extremely well described. This is how it feels to desire someone but be unsure about their thoughts—not even being sure what you think.

“One does not love a place less for suffering in it.”

Anne felt guilty When she read Mr. Elliot’s private letters, which showed his true character. It was “a violation of the law of honor that no one ought to be judged or known by such testimonies, that no private correspondence could bear the eye of others.”

Keep this in mind. Be frank, honest, kind, graceful, grateful.

The slow buildup and long courting, the shyness of the characters until the last 20-30 pages, when everything explodes and tension is released. Austen truly knows how to write romance.

The scene, including the lead-up to the “half agony, half hope” letter, was a masterpiece. PERFECTION. I have waited to hear that line since I started the book; I never expected it to be this good with context.

Some advice can only be deemed good or bad until you know the outcome. — Context is Lady Russel’s first advice, which separates the two main characters.

Life is too short for your ego or pride to hold you back, to be held back by games. Truth is a blade that cuts through everything. Let it burn anything and live with the consequences.

I give this book an 8.7/10; I love it. Thank you, Jane Austen. I kissed the cover after finishing it, so it got my approval.

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Week 2 Blog

Persuasion

Jane Austen

Pages Read: 35-70 

Word Count: 397

Summary 

During this week of reading from what I could understand it was mainly about Anne. Anne is one of Sir. Walter's daughters and no one really paid attention to her. In this part of the book it travels back in time to when Anne was once engaged. Anne was engaged to a man named Fredrick Wentworth. At the time of their engagement he was no one: he didn’t have much money, and wasn't very high in class. Captain Wentworth was simply a man with a dream. However Anne loved him all the same. Her family believed it would bring shame upon them if Anne were to marry Captain Wentworth so they insisted she’d stop the wedding. Now to the current time the captain has returned to town and is rich and successful all his dreams came true and Anne is still in love with him. However he resents her for breaking up with him.

Critical Analysis 

Persuasion setting is a really long time ago, so the ideas and morals back then were different. This week's quote I found to be interesting was when Austen wrote “A sick child is a mother’s property, her own feelings generally make it so” (53). This dialog was taken when Mr. Musgrove was speaking about Charles; Annes nephew, after he was sick in bed. There was a dinner event happening and Mr.Musgrove told his wife to stay home with the sick child as her only job was to do so. In this time period women didn’t really have a say and were told exactly what to do, say, and even how to act. To me this quote really highlighted the sexicsm that was happening during that time. I also found it interesting how Mrs. Musgrove found a way to still attend the dinner party because she didn’t want to stay and be left out.

Personal Response 

Honestly, remembering to read on friday is one of the biggest challenges that comes with this assignment. I think it’s possibly because the week was full of work and I work weekends but I couldn’t bring myself to remember to read friday. I also don’t completely understand what is going on in my book. As soon as I think I’m grasping a concept something throws me completely off. I am liking the book though, I like the way Jane Austen tells the story it makes me want to read more.

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Anne+Wentworth - "when all hope is gone" (Persuasion)

"All the privilege I claim for my own sex.... is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone." 

 I've always been a softie for second chance romance, the longing over eight years in this book *sighs* etc. This is one of my favourite Jane Austen's books. When ITV did their Jane Austen season back in 2007 I really lapped it up! I just love Sally Hawkins in this aswell. I really hope we get a fresh take on it in future. 

This was another project I had on the back burner for years and could never really finish it. 

Song: Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight

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Can you explain why Anne Elliot is your favourite Austen heroine?

Surely! (This literally took like, two and half hours of writing and editing. What is my life).

Background:

So, essentially, to get into this analysis, I have to preface this with Persuasion being written in 1817, near the end of Austen’s life and published six months after her death. Really, if you compare the type of satirical protagonists she was writing at the beginning of her career (see Northanger Abbey, which convinced my entire English Literature 2 class in university that Austen was insipid despite being prefaced as a gothic parody), to later, Pride and Prejudice, to Persuasion, I think it really traces the development of Austen as a writer (Austen referred to her in one of her letters as “a heroine who is almost too good for me.”)

Not to say she didn’t have more ‘mature’ protagonists early on; Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility is really my second favourite protagonist from Austen’s works, and she is essentially the one person in the Dashwood household who keeps everything together; without her, the entire operation would fall apart. It’s the reason why she’s the ‘sense’ in the aforementioned title.

But where Anne Elliot differs I think, is that Elinor, despite being the ‘older’ sister, is never really seen as being devoid of prospects in regards to her future and marriage, despite the family falling on hard times. Anne, on the other hand, is actually a marked difference from Austen’s usual protagonists. Whereas her other protagonists are usually concerned with climbing the social ladder of society (or essentially, scorning the playing of this game in society, but still knowing it’s expected of her anyway (See Lizzie Bennet), Anne is from a noble family that due to her father Sir Walter Elliot’s vanity and selfishness, is on its descent down on the social ladder, a caricature of the old, outdated, titled class in a world of new British industry. 

Sir Walter Scott, and the Changing Ideal of The Gentlemen in Society:

This is another place where Jane Austen differs in her characterisation and brings up an important contrast that is lacking in her other work to an extent in terms of her other main heroines: while the other heroines are more concerned with upward mobility through marriage because that is what society has expected of them, Anne Elliot’s father (who’s will dominates her own), is concerned with DOWNWARD mobility. The idea that he will be seen as ‘lesser than’ for allowing his daughter to marry someone she loves. 

The difference is, is where you have CHOICE to an extent in a burgeoning middle class family, even if you were marrying for money, you have that upward mobility. You have opportunities. When your family is so focused on maintaining the facade of an untouchable deity, you are literally frozen into that mold, even if you want to be a part of that changing world and changing model of what should be considered an ‘ideal’ match, or a modern pairing.

While unadvantageous matches are dismissed in other Austen works, it is often due to the person having some fault of character (I.E: Philanderer, drunkard, etc.) that’s obviously not going to change anytime soon, and what someone is, to an extent, able to control. People are able to control whether they cheat on someone or not; people are able to control showing up and embarrassing themselves at social functions if they have an inkling of self-awareness. And these matches are usually rejected outright because of the family’s concern for the daughter’s feelings (See Lizzie and Mr. Collins, for example, even though it would be an advantageous match (-INSERT LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH QUOTE HERE-)

But the sad thing in Anne’s case, I think, is that it shows the dying breed of noblewomen, who, once they get ‘older,’ have nowhere to go but down socially if they don’t become a ‘spinster’ or completely devoted to their family household and name. These older, more distinguished families during 1817, were slowly and surely becoming more and more obsolete, and I think it’s VERY astute of Austen to recognise that. Men could now make their fortune at sea- they COULD be “new money.” More and more, these noble people who didn’t work and didn’t have a profession besides being a member of the landed gentry, were becoming more and more dated in the movement of England towards mechanisation and the new Victorian age of industry. 

‘Captain Wentworth is the prototype of the ‘new gentleman.’ Maintaining the good manners, consideration, and sensitivity of the older type, Wentworth adds the qualities of gallantry, independence, and bravery that come with being a well- respected Naval officer.

Like Admiral Croft, who allows his wife to drive the carriage alongside him and to help him steer, Captain Wentworth will defer to Anne throughout their marriage. Austen envisions this kind of equal partnership as the ideal marriage.’

Meanwhile Sir Walter does not present this same sort of guidance for the females in his life. He is so self-involved that he fails to make good decisions for the family as a whole; his other two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, share his vanity and self-importance. While Anne is seen as a direct parallel with her good-natured (dead) mother, she still has to deal with these outdated morals, before coming her true self. She still has to learn to support her own views, even if they are contrary to those in a position of power in her life, and essentially, dominate her day-to-day dealings and her actual character of how she defines herself.

Becoming One’s Self: Learning Self-Assurance and The Positives of ‘Negative’ Qualities:

The one thing I do love about Anne is that she doesn’t have a ‘weakness of character,’ contrary to Wentworth’s bitter words which are clearly directed at her when they first meet again after so long. That’s one thing I usually see (predominantly male) commentators say Anne’s fault is as a female protagonist is as simple as a reading of the title; namely, that she’s too easily persuaded.

However, that’s an overtly simplistic view. Often people directly correlate an individual being persuaded as simply being ‘weak-willed.’ Anne Elliot is anything but. She constantly rebels against the vanity of her father and the stupidity of her sisters, at the same time being aware of the social structure in which they must operate. She is the individual at the beginning of the novel who is dealing directly with money; and while this was at the time often seen as a ‘man’s’ role, it is Anne taking control of getting their family back into good stead and out of debt after her dippy father gets them into debt and remains completely useless throughout the entire procedure except to complain about who they might let the house out to, simply because they ARE ‘new money.’ She IS open to new roles in society, and new conventions. 

This leads directly to the biggest criticism levelled against her at the beginning of the novel: that after being dismissed by Anne, Captain Wentworth basically publicly declares (because #bitteraf) that ‘any woman he marries will have a strong character and independent mind.’

The funny thing is, Anne already has these. She never lacked them. ‘What ‘persuasion’ truly refers to is whether it is better to be firm in one’s convictions or to be open to the suggestions of others.  

‘The conclusion implies that what might be considered Anne’s flaw, her ability to be persuaded by others, is not really a flaw at all. It is left to the reader to agree or disagree with this. ‘

Anne is not stupid in that she is convinced or persuaded by any Joe Schmow who comes along; she considers the opinions of those she respects. She ultimately comes to the right decision in marrying Wentworth later in life, but it’s understandable how a nineteen year old would doubt this decision when advised by those adults around her. It is now that she is older, in considering other people’s opinions, that she is more likely able to come to her decision herself, rather than letting other people’s opinions overweigh her own.

‘Anne is feminine in this way while possessing none of what Austen clearly sees as the negative characteristics of her gender; Anne is neither catty, flighty, nor hysterical. On the contrary, she is level-headed in difficult situations and constant in her affections. Such qualities make her the desirable sister to marry; she is the first choice of Charles Musgrove, Captain Wentworth, and Mr. Elliot.’

Ageism: Austen’s Hinting at an Age-Old Philosophy against the Modern Woman:

At twenty-seven, Anne is literally considered a woman ‘far past her bloom of youth.’ She is constantly surrounded by younger women, both demonstrating interest in her father and in Wentworth. While ageism wasn’t clearly developed as a recognised societal practice in the 19th century, I think it demonstrates, when Jane wrote this so close to her death, and having never married herself, the pressures on women in society even later in life. This is seen more bluntly in the character of Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice, but I think the fact that people constantly remind Anne of something she cannot control could arguably draw parallels to social status and how birth status cannot be controlled, by a more modern reading of the piece. Women cannot control ageing, any more than a man can control being born into a lower class. But while men could continue to marry for upward mobility or money (up to ridiculous ages and with ridiculously younger wives), women don’t have that luxury once they are ‘past their prime,’ even if they also have the avenue of upward mobility through marriage (see Charlotte Lucas again).

Lost Love, aka THEY TOTALLY MIGHT HAVE BONED BUT PROBABLY NOT:

“There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved. Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. It was a perpetual estrangement.” 

The best thing about Captain Wentworth and Anne Elliot’s love story is that we already knew they WERE in love; as opposed to all her other stories, which involve individuals arguably falling INTO love rather than HAVING been in love (Looking’ at you, Mansfield Park), Wentworth x Anne Elliot was a THING. They were a hot and HEAVY thing. 

I essentially have nothing to add here except that makes their entire story 10000000x more painful when they clearly still have feelings for one another and have to run in the same social circles.

That is all.

Separate Spheres: AKA LETS ALL HELP EACH OTHER MMKAY AND BE EQUAL PARTNERS IN LOVEEEE:

Lastly, Austen also considers the idea of ‘separate spheres.’

‘The idea of separate spheres was a nineteenth-century doctrine that there are two domains of life: the public and the domestic. Traditionally, the male would be in charge of the public domain (finances, legal matters, etc.) while the female would be in charge of the private domain (running the house, ordering the servants, etc.). 

This novel questions the idea of separate spheres by introducing the Crofts. Presented as an example of a happy, ideal marriage, Admiral and Mrs. Croft share the spheres of their life. Mrs. Croft joins her husband on his ships at sea, and Admiral Croft is happy to help his wife in the chores around the home. They have such a partnership that they even share the task of driving a carriage. Austen, in this novel, challenges the prevailing notion of separate spheres.’

As mentioned before, from the beginning of the novel, as a noblewoman, Anne is already crossing the line of separate spheres by undertaking financial and legal matters since her father is essentially too much of a pussy to do so (this antiquated ideal of gentlemanly qualities). She has already made a discreet step into the public domain by her actions, without ever really truly making a bold statement. 

By the insertion of the Crofts within the narrative, it really foreshadows how this sort of relationship can work as equals, and how such an amalgamation of the spheres should not be looked down upon. It’s a subtly progressive message that none of the other books really deal with (besides perhaps a tad in Sense and Sensibility with Elinor), and I love her all the more for it.  ♥

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Fellas, if you ain’t George Knightley, Henry Tilney, or John Thornton, I have no time for you.

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Headcanons: Captain Wentworth courting and proposing to you

Requested by: @youngcroissantturkeyworribler; part of this is based off of the request you sent in for Wentworth headcanons a while ago (that of Wentworth courting someone of higher standing)

Pairing: Captain Frederick Wentworth x GN!Reader

Warnings: None

Everything Taglist: @criminaly-supernatural, @caswinchester2000, @imaginesfire Requested Tag: @bazaretcompagnie

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Frederick was head-over-heels for you not that long after you met.

You were the definition of perfect in his mind, and he was determined to spend the rest of his life with you.

You easily became friends and companions, and not too long later you found yourselves unable to be away from one another.

Each hour or day you were apart, it slowly became more agonizing, as you only waited for the next time you'd be together.

It did not matter if you were of lower, equal or higher standing in society compared to him.

None of that mattered, and he was intent on courting you, with or without the approval of your family.

In the instant that you were of lower or equal standing, most everyone was excited about the match, with little to no disapproval.

There were some, who thought you unworthy of his affection though, which hurt you often.

But he always shunned those people from his company, and reminded you of how much he loved you, and how little he cared for people who thought any less of you than he did.

No matter who disapproved on either side of your relation, he would not stand for it.

It would of course also be frustratingly difficult if you were of higher standing, with a disapproving family.

You did not care of course, but the fact that some of your family did made it a lot harder for you.

For a while, you were afraid he might give in and give up on you because of the difficulties they created.

But you were wrong, when one day he sought you out and convinced you that he would never give up and was determined to court you.

Whether your family disapproved, or approved ecstatically, he would court you with flowers, poems, presents and many excursions into town or the nearby countryside together.

He adored you and wanted you to know it, and wanted everyone else to see how fervently he loved you.

Fredrick is quite the romantic, and often expressed it through words, always reminding and telling you how much you meant to him, and how he could see himself living without you.

Not too long after he began courting you, he came to you with a determined mind, a handful of flowers, and a declaration of love that even made the less-accepting members of your family swoon.

You were of course ecstatic at the proposal, and accepted.

The proposal was of a decent length, and by the time you were finally wed, your non-accepting family members, either gave up on trying to end the engagement, or came around to it entirely.

xx

[goldsperyid]

Reasons Captain Fredrick Wentworth can get it:

Has a job

Handsome

Sense of humor

Man enough to admit when he's wrong

Has a job

Notices when children are bothering you and removes them without asking (while angry at you)

Job

Notices when you're tired and arranges a ride for you without asking (while not speaking to you)

Writes romantic letters

Not classist (probably imperialist though)

Gives you umbrellas free of charge when it's raining

Turned on by competence (also might like to be bossed around?) which is fun

Job

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All you guys are just talking about Pride & Prejudice and playing Mr. Darcy for Pedro and sorry but that’s the coward’s way out. 

Like sorry but P&P is TERRIBLY overdone now. 

But consider this.... Pedro as Naval Captain Fredrick Wentworth from Persuasion instead. 

[midgelenny]

I’m going to be very upset if the new Persuasion doesn’t have Matthias Schoenaerts as Captain Fredrick Wentworth! You’ve officially ruined me Becca! He’s so swoon worthy.

YES tiffany it’s what we DESERVE and i’m honored to be responsible for this lol

but SERIOUSLY he has the handsome brooding yet soft pining thing DOWN and i desperately want him and his scruff to play captain wentworth!

but honestly like

CAN YOU IMAGINE?!

THE PINING FROM AFAR?!

THE SOFTNESS?! THE YEARNING?!

MY HEART CAN’T TAKE IT

[arlome]

Tag Game

I was tagged by the lovely @matchstickdolly , @differenceenginegirl and @zeespazz !

Top four ships

That’s a hard one because I have more than four, but if I’m pressed:

Jack Robinson/ Phryne Fisher - Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries 

Chloe Decker/ Lucifer Morningstar - Lucifer

Anne Elliot/ Captain Fredrick Wentworth - Persuasion

Dwight Enys/ Caroline Penvenen - Poldark

Last song

Little Drop of Poison - Tom Waits

Last movie

Rocketman

Reading

At the moment? A book of erotic poems by E.E. Cummings

What food are you craving right now?

Good question! nothing in particular, but I’m always game for sushi!

Now, I should tag 9 people, but I won’t, so : @tasanna @whopooh @nokalover 

@notonelineff @theyahwehdance and that’s it!

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1/2 What were the rules in Austen’s time about captains having their wives on board with them? Sophy Croft talks about being ill only once, when she was separated from her husband. I assume he was in direct action at the time. And we see Ann shipboard with Fredrick at the end of the 1995 adaptation. But wouldn’t he only get another command if he was off to fight again?

2/2 When does Ann get to sail the seas with her equally sex-starved Captain, and when would she have to wait ashore? Also - that boat be rocking from more than the motion of the ocean, if you catch my drift...---I mean, from the Croft’s example, we can see that an admiral or captain may have his wife living aboard his ship, in times of peace, when he may be stationed abroad, as the Admiral was, and that other officers’ wives and families may be transported between port-town lodgings in order to see more of their husband/father. We’re not precisely told why Mrs. Croft spent a winter by herself in Deal while the Admiral’s ship (or a Captain, as he was then, so this might have been very early in their marriage,) was patrolling the North Sea--perhaps the weather was thought to be too rough to permit her to accompany him, and she thought she might pass the winter alone, very well. It seems this experiment did not make her happy, and that she has since preferred to stay with the Admiral whenever possible, on all his journeys. It might depend on the couple and what arrangements they preferred, but if a wife wished to stay with her husband (Captain or Admiral) as much as possible during times of peace, there seems to be no reason they cannot manage it.

If war broke out, certainly one would imagine the spouses and children would be sent back to Britain, or to some allied port to await their officer’s return. Larger ships wouldn’t exactly be docking in a harbour, necessarily, so the officers and their things would be rowed ashore in smaller boats, I believe. Anne could wait dockside, or perhaps if the Captain was seeing to last-minute things and letting other sailors on his crew go ashore first, I could see Anne talking her way into the row-boat to go back out to the ship at anchor and find him there. Or she might wait in her lodgings for him to come home. Really, could go any way, with them!

Basically my only reservation about having Anne on-board would be during times of war and sailing in hostile waters. Wentworth would never risk her safety, so!

[too-much-geek]

Your Jane Austen husband based off zodiac sign

Aries: George Wickham Taurus: Fitzwilliam Darcy Gemini: Edmund Bertram Cancer: Edward Ferrars Leo: John Willoughby Virgo: Colonel Brandon Libra: Charles Bingley Scorpio: Henry Tilney Sagittarius: Captain Fredrick Wentworth Capricorn: William Elliot Aquarius: Henry Crawford Pisces: George Knightly