Marriages and the Alternatives in Jane Austen ́s 'Pride and Prejudice'
Marriages and the Alternatives in Jane Austen ́s 'Pride and Prejudice'

Author: Nicole Gast

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 3638791475

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Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1-, University of Potsdam (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In her work Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen defines six types of marriage. Excluding the Phillipses and the Lucases, the remaining six marriages contrast each other and show Austen ́s opinions on the subject of marriage. Within a social and cultural context where marriage was assumed to be of great importance, Austen uses this number of marriages to expose and satirise societal values of the age and to explore the nature of the ideal marriage. The marriages of Elizabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bingley, Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins, The Bennets, Lydia and Wickham and the Gardeners form the center of the paper. What was their driving force to enter into matrimony? Can they truly be regarded as six different types of marriage and if so - which type of marriage did Austen favour herself? As an introduction, the paper gives an insight into the meaning of and the various reasons for marriage in the Victorian era and presents the alternatives for women if an eligible partner was not in sight.

Something Light
Something Light

Author: Margery Sharp

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1504034333

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In 1950s London, a career girl decides it’s high time she snared herself a husband Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And they take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, socks washed, prescriptions filled, or employment found. But by the age of thirty, Louisa is tired of constantly being dispatched to the scene of some masculine disaster. It’s all well and good to be an independent woman—and certainly better than a “timid Victorian wife”—but the time has come for her to marry, and marry well. With the admirable discipline and dedication she’s always displayed in any endeavor involving men, Louisa sets out on her own romantic quest.

Emma & Persuasion
Emma & Persuasion

Author: Jane Austen

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 8026882407

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This carefully crafted ebook: "Emma & Persuasion" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Emma" – Emma Woodhouse has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her friend and former governess, to Mr. Weston. Having introduced them, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she likes matchmaking. Against the advice of her brother-in-law, Emma forges ahead with her new interest, causing many controversies in the process. Set in the fictional village of Highbury, Emma is a tale about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. "Persuasion" – Anne Elliot is a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt, at the same time as the wars come to an end, putting sailors on shore. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. Brother of Admiral's wife is Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, a man who had been engaged to Anne when she was 19, and now they meet again, both single and unattached, after no contact in more than seven years. First time the engagement was broken up because Anne's family persuaded her that Frederick wasn't good enough opportunity. The new situation offers a second, well-considered chance at love and marriage for Anne Elliot in her second "bloom".

Sketching Mr. Darcy
Sketching Mr. Darcy

Author: Lory Lilian

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-26

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781515140597

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The morning after the Netherfield Ball, Fitzwilliam Darcy is ready to leave Hertfordshire, taking his friend Bingley away from the lady of his choice and distancing himself from her sister, who has disturbed his tranquility for weeks. The path, meant to lead him away, unexpectedly brings him close to the person he most wants to avoid, and saving Miss Elizabeth Bennet's life becomes not only his immediate goal but also a decision that affects his future. A strong and powerful yet forgotten bond from their past-combined with startling events in the present-brings Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy into a marriage not planned but accepted by both, forcing them to break the barriers between them in order to build their future happiness. The book includes mature content.

An Unequal Marriage
An Unequal Marriage

Author: Emma Tennant

Publisher: Sceptre

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780340628065

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This is Emma Tennant's inventive continuation of Pride and Prejudice. As in her earlier novel Pemberley, Emma has written an original work of stylish irony, wit and insight into early 19th century life and manners.

Marriage in Pride and Prejudice: A Literary Essay
Marriage in Pride and Prejudice: A Literary Essay

Author: Louise Hathaway

Publisher: Louise Hathaway

Published:

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 1310534314

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I wrote this literary essay in graduate school the semester before I received my Masters Degree in English Literature. It is about marriage expectations in the Regency period as expressed in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It explores the different relationships between the sexes in the novel, and what the options were for women who were not yet married during this period. It is accompanied by photographs taken by my husband when we made a Jane Austen pilgrimage to her homes in Winchester and Chawton, England. Hopefully fans of Jane Austen won't find it too full of bibliographic information and may look at it as an interesting example of the kind of writing that Masters Degree students must submit. Hopefully, my readers will learn some new things about Jane that they didn't already know.

Assumed Engagement
Assumed Engagement

Author: Kara Louise

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-07-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781435732827

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This story continues after Chapter 36 in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." On his return trip to Pemberley from Rosings after his offer of marriage was refused by Miss Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy's carriage overturns, and he is rendered unconscious. Having written Georgiana previously that he was going to ask for her hand, Georgiana, thinking they are engaged, writes to Elizabeth, begging her to come to Pemberley, thinking she may be able to help draw him out. Visit Kara Louise's website at www.ahhhs.net, Jane Austen's Land of Ahhhs, to read additional stories.

Jane Austen Double Feature 2
Jane Austen Double Feature 2

Author: Jane Austen

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05-29

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9781070837864

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Two complete novels in one volume. Meet Fanny Price, who comes from an impoverished home, but is raised as one of the family at Mansfield Park, her rich uncle's estate, in a novel first published in 1814. Meet young Englishwoman Annie Elliot in the humorous "Persuasion," Jane Austen's last completed novel, first published in 1817. Two classics by Jane Austen, one of the greatest and most influential authors in English literature. This edition features a large selection of original 19th century illustrations.