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So Odd a Mixture of relatedinterest TheCompleteGuidetoAsperger’sSyndrome TonyAttwood ISBN9781843104957 PretendingtobeNormal LivingwithAsperger’sSyndrome LianeHollidayWilley ForewordbyTonyAttwood ISBN9781853027499 AloneTogether MakinganAspergerMarriageWork KatrinBentley ForewordbyTonyAttwood ISBN9781843105374 Freaks,GeeksandAspergerSyndrome AUserGuidetoAdolescence LukeJackson ForewordbyTonyAttwood ISBN9781843100980 AllCatsHaveAspergerSyndrome KathyHoopmann ISBN9781843104810 NaturalGenius TheGiftsofAsperger’sSyndrome SusanRubinyi ISBN9781843107842 ABlessingandaCurse AutismandMe CaisealMór ISBN9781843105732 TheGenesisofArtisticCreativity Asperger’sSyndromeandtheArts MichaelFitzgerald ISBN9781843103349 Asperger’sSyndromeandHighAchievement SomeVeryRemarkablePeople IoanJames ISBN9781843103882 So Odd a Mixture Along the Autistic Spectrum in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer Forewords by Tony Attwood and Eileen Sutherland Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia Firstpublishedin2007 byJessicaKingsleyPublishers 116PentonvilleRoad LondonN19JB,UK and 400MarketStreet,Suite400 Philadelphia,PA19106,USA www.jkp.com Copyright©PhyllisFergusonBottomer2007 Forewordscopyright©TonyAttwoodandEileenSutherland2007 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanymaterialform (includingphotocopyingorstoringitinanymediumbyelectronicmeansandwhether ornottransientlyorincidentallytosomeotheruseofthispublication)withoutthe writtenpermissionofthecopyrightownerexceptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof theCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedby theCopyrightLicensingAgencyLtd,90TottenhamCourtRoad,London,England W1T4LP.Applicationsforthecopyrightowner’swrittenpermissiontoreproduceany partofthispublicationshouldbeaddressedtothepublisher. Warning:Thedoingofanunauthorisedactinrelationtoacopyrightworkmayresultin bothacivilclaimfordamagesandcriminalprosecution. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData FergusonBottomer,Phyllis,1953- Sooddamixture:alongtheautisticspectruminPrideandprejudice/PhyllisFergu- sonBottomer;forewordsbyEileenSutherlandandTonyAttwood. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-13: 978-1-84310-499-5(pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Prideandprejudice.2. Austen,Jane,1775-1817--Characters.3. Autisminliterature. I. Title. PR4034.P73F472007 823'.7--dc22 2007016445 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN9781843104995 ISBNpdfeBook:9781846426544 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby AthenaeumPress,Gateshead,TyneandWear I dedicate this book with love to my parents, Ross Goodrich Ferguson and Joan Bunting Ferguson, and to my parents-in-law, Alan Robert Bottomer and Jean Stewart Wallace Bottomer Contents FOREWORDBYTONYATTWOOD 9 FOREWORDBYEILEENSUTHERLAND 11 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 13 Introduction 15 1 Characters, Caricatures and Conversations 17 Part One: Background 23 2 Autistic Spectrum Disorders for Janeites 25 3 PrideandPrejudice for Autism Specialists 32 Part Two: The Bennet Family 37 4 Mr Collins 39 ‘awkwardandsolemn…oftenmovingwrongwithoutbeing awareof it’ 5 Mary Bennet 49 ‘everyimpulseof feelingshouldbeguidedbyreason’ 6 Lydia Bennet 55 ‘untamed,unabashed,wild,noisy,andfearless’ 7 Mr Bennet 63 ‘sooddamixtureof quickparts,sarcastichumour,reserve,and caprice’ 8 Mrs Bennet 83 ‘withmannerssofarfromrightherself’ Part Three: The Fitzwilliam Family 97 9 Anne De Bourgh 99 ‘spokeverylittle’ 10 Lady Catherine De Bourgh 105 ‘notrenderedformidablebysilence’ 11 Fitzwilliam Darcy 111 ‘Iamillqualifiedtorecommendmyself tostrangers’ Part Four: Conclusion 161 12 Happily Ever After? 163 13 How Did Austen Know? 195 REFERENCES 201 INDEX 204
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