In trying times, when he has trouble forgetting that he owes more money than he seems likely ever to repay, Sir Walter Elliot, Bt., consoles himself with a good book. It is always the same book, the Baronetage, the official chronicle of the baronets of England. He loves it because he appears in it and he can always reread his entry with lively interest. Thus he fills his idle or distressing hours.
Snide and prejudice Jane Austen: moralist or vicious gossip?
