The
Crown Inn
~Blog
post #5~
Topic
F
May
14, 2015
By:
Natalie Lindquist
The
passage describing Frank’s pause at the Crown Inn seems to have a deeper
significance than just a rest stop. The Crown Inn was considered “an in
considerable house, though the principal of the sort, where a couple of pair of
post-horses were kept” and was very intriguing to Frank (186). Frank appears to
have a connection with this place because “he was immediately interested” and “he
saw no fault in the room” (186). This room seems to be very significant to
Frank and also appears to be more than just a room. Possibly this was a place
that his father and mother used to come so maybe he feels the presence of her
while he’s there. The reasoning for this is “he would acknowledge none which
they suggested” because “it was long enough, broad enough, handsome enough” and
“it would hold the very number for comfort” (186). The way this passage
describes this place is in almost in too much detail for just being a place to
look at. Frank “seemed to have all the life and spirit, cheerful feelings, and
social inclinations of his father, and nothing of pride or reserve of Enscombe”
which seems to have been brought out of him when he arrived at the Crown Inn
(187). I think that this place is described in such great detail because it has
a greater significance to not only Frank but to the other main characters as
well. I predict that some sort of big event, like a wedding, will happen here,
maybe with Frank and Jane, to honor this place and how it is significant in the
bigger picture.
Natalie, I agree with you. Like I wrote about in my blog post, I think Jane Austen takes the time to point out the significance of places like the Crown Inn and the Cole's house to draw the reader's attention to it. I could see why you think a big event such as a wedding or something would happen here because like you said, there's no way she would stop to elaborate on this Inn for no reason. I was thinking that because she took the time to describe "its character" and even things as small as the neighborhood it's in, it might be because she wants to specifically bring our attention to the location for something that may happen in or near it later on (Austen, 186).
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