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Page 81
... marriage ' , is also an expression of the original Puritan ideal , which had held marriage to be based on mutual affection . The heroine's , and therefore Richardson's , clinging to an inner purity despite the pressures of the market ...
... marriage ' , is also an expression of the original Puritan ideal , which had held marriage to be based on mutual affection . The heroine's , and therefore Richardson's , clinging to an inner purity despite the pressures of the market ...
Page 106
... marriage – on which of course the plots of all the novels are based . Marriage must , obviously , be a matter of compatibility but it has wider implications as well since it offers a prospect of stability and happiness for the whole ...
... marriage – on which of course the plots of all the novels are based . Marriage must , obviously , be a matter of compatibility but it has wider implications as well since it offers a prospect of stability and happiness for the whole ...
Page 107
... marriage portions for daughters and allowances for younger sons . women - - Jane Austen's distinctive contribution to this ideology , based on the significance of marriage as a crucial element in the network of gentry families , was to ...
... marriage portions for daughters and allowances for younger sons . women - - Jane Austen's distinctive contribution to this ideology , based on the significance of marriage as a crucial element in the network of gentry families , was to ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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