A gentle but witty satire of courtship an marriage, tells the story of how the young ladies choose their husbands. ... Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly an hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to it. ... Marriage is central for all characters in the novel: not just daughters and sons, but parents, aunts, uncles and everybody else who has some interest in the subject. ... It is not appropriate for the daughter to choose whoever she likes for her husband, which she- if she wants a happy marriage- is not very likely to ...

• Word Count: 4276
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Plot The essence of the story is the antagonism between Mr. ... Many other areas of the country are visited in the duration of the story including the Lake District, London, Brighton and many other places. ... As in any love story, the lovers must elude and overcome many problems, beginning with the tensions caused by the lovers' own characteristic qualities. ... Courtship In a sense, Pride and Prejudice is the story of two courtships "those between Darcy and Elizabeth and between Bingley and Jane. ...

• Word Count: 3094
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

An unmarried woman without a substantial amount of savings to rely on upon her father's death, however, risked falling into poverty. ... Mrs Bennet's determination to marry her daughters is a direct result of financial concerns. ... "5 Once an attraction has formed between Bingley and the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Mrs Bennet manipulates the situation and sends Jane to Netherfield on horseback during a storm, hoping she will catch a cold. ...

• Word Count: 5516
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit deals with the relationship breakdown between mother and daughter. ... She does not hate her but she is unable to show her any feelings, not the conventional mother-daughter relationship one would imagine. ... For example Jeanette describes an event in which they sing hymns together, she says her 'Mother sang the tune and [she] put in the harmonies' Although this is true literally, this could also be interpreted metaphorically in that without one another they are not complete, the tune would not be complete without the harmonies as a daughter is not c...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

INTRODUCTION It is truth universally acknowledge that a good novel in possession of a good love story must be in want of a screen adaptation. ... The main task here is to capture the essence and spirit of the story. The through-line and major sub-plot of the story are determined in a film and the rest features of a novel have to be viciously cut out. ... Light and dark have conventional associations built over generations of visual art and story telling. ...

• Word Count: 3105
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

The story begins somewhere in September. Chapter 2 John Dashwood and Mrs John Dashwood have a conversation about the promise John made to his father. ... Chapter 7 Mrs Dashwood and her daughters are having dinner at Mr John Middleton's house, for Mr John has invited them. ... He does not want to explain why, but Mrs Jennings guesses that it has something to do with his daughter Miss Williams. ...

• Word Count: 11136
• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

Northanger Abbey is a novel that is about more than a girl who is looking to find a husband. Its author Jane Austen is able to create a type of gothic parody that through out the novel is integrated into the characterization and able to show the realities of a young girl growing up in a complicated...

• Word Count: 2803
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School