Deciding whether or not Austen was exhibiting a female gaze can best be determined by comparing the role of the gaze in Austen's most widely known novel, Pride and Prejudice, and the novel that stands out among her others, Northanger Abbey. ... In Pride and Prejudice, for instance, power and the male gaze are equated with economic status and choosing a wife. ... Newton contrasts this with a male outlook on the matter, "Men in Pride and Prejudice, therefore, are conscious of having the power to choose and they are fond of dwelling on it, impressing it on women" (128). ... These examples...

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