Jane Austen indicates her concern for women of her time, especially single women, in her novel Emma through the circumstances and situations in which she places her female characters. The two factors that governed women's lives and their destiny, in Austen's class-structured society were social position and personal fortune. ... When Jane Fairfax was three she was orphaned and was left to be brought up by Miss and Mrs. ... Luckily for Jane and Miss Bates, a friend of Jane's father undertook to bring her up along with his own daughter. ... (p.55) Marriage for any woman i...

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What's in a name? If someone asked me that, I could give them a three hour (and seven minute) lecture on the above title, for I believe that a title is as good as a summary of what you write. Therefore, with all due respect to Jane Austen for her copyright (perhaps!), I now wish to begin my ...

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Jane Austen is a writer of romance and drama with a sense of social satire. ... In the book Sense and Sensibility Austen explores the customs of courtship, marriage, and lineage. ... Brandon's brother was not in love with Eliza, and in his opinion did not deserve her (Austen 190). ... It was here that Colonel Brandon discovered she had a child (Austen 192). ... Jane Austen had a good sense of social satire....

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Introduction For this essay, I chose to read the perhaps most famous book by the English author Jane Austen. ... Or as Jane says when she hears of Lydia's elopement with Wickham: "So imprudent a match on both sides!...... Darcy's proposal, which stand like an anti-thesis of the otherwise general view of the perfect marriage: "He is rich, to be sure, and you may have more fine clothes and fine carriages than Jane. ...

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One of Jane Austen's classics, Mansfield Park: The enlightened story tells the story of the niece of an aristocratic family. At a very young age, about 10 years old, Fanny Price is sent by her mother to the suburban place, commonly known as Mansfield Park. There she will tend as a assistant to her...

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Keith Wilson Pride: the Good and the Bad Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen has a constant theme of distinguishing the difference between positive and negative pride. Although it is at times hard to differentiate between positive and negative pride in the book, it is most blatantly displayed in t...

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