“Reading Baron Marbot for she could not sleep, it proves she has a heart” (p135). Clarissa wonders about her daughter, Elizabeth. She questions Elizabeth’s friendship with Miss Kilman, whom Clarissa despises. Clarissa convinces herself that at least Elizabeth “has a heart,” shown by reading Baron Marbot. Marbot was a French soldier who served under Napoleon. The Memoirs of his Life and Campaigns, written about Marbot, demonstrates the Napoleonic age of warfare. Virginia Woolf includes this in her novel for it is fascinating and romantic; it shows Elizabeth has a heart.
"Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin, baron de Marbot - LoveToKnow 1911." 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica - Free Online. Web. 30 Sept. 2009. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Jean_Baptiste_Antoine_Marcelin%2C_baron_de_Marbot.
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