“I have still another motive for your coming: Mr. Johnson leaves London next Tuesday; he is going for his health to Bath, where, if the waters are favourable to his constitution and my wishes, he will be laid up with the gout many weeks” (XXVI).
Austen shows that the men had the dominant role, if Lady Susan could not visit Mrs. Johnson until Mr. Johnson was not in the house. Women were not allowed the same privileges as men and were often forced to be inferior. Austen incorporates a lot of the social concepts, ideas, and struggles of the time period, like the possessive nature of men and the struggles between different classes. Because she only writes what she knows, Austen is able to show how life truly was without making it feel fictitious.
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