Girls Of Slender Means

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what to leave,
and in making counter-resolutions in view of the fact
that her work at the publisher’s was essentially mental,
which meant that her brain had to be fed more than most
people’s” (35-36). Unlike Joanna, Jane “...was on the
look-out for a husband,...” (32) since she was only twenty
two years old.
Joanna’s and Jane’s occupations evolved around the
world of books. However, they had different perspectives
about it. Jane worked for a publisher and Joanna attended
a school of drama to be a teacher of elocution. Jane
thought of the publishing business as “...essentially
disinterest[ing]” (39), while Joanna chose her profession
because of her love for poetry. “...poetry, especially the
declamatory sort, excited her and possessed her; she would
pounce on the stuff, play with it quivering in her mind, and
when she had got it by heart, she spoke it forth with
devouring relish” (8). Joanna ...

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