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THE INHERITANCE NOVEL: THE POWER OF
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Three points are fundamental in ide
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intelligence. I must also thank Lin
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Chapter Three ....................
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"inheritance novels." Three factors
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specifically to drive the plot. Fir
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father wished, he could allows equa
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usually on fiscal matters, but thes
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(2) . Eileen Spring discusses primo
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would "resettle" the estate. In oth
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placed on the estate. Those restric
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Even the simple definitions of inhe
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from the surface and often not very
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mastery and confusion of inheritanc
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of their futures, while the develop
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culture, this is the first study to
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This power which the mind has thus
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successful marriage was expressed i
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procedure and could not foresee the
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the end, is partly responsible for
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For all the recent criticism dealin
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welfare. Although several of her br
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language and a feminine independenc
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Chapter Two Unhappy Transactions: R
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Clarissa. Richardson's masterpiece
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Since Zomchickfs study, Eileen Spri
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settlement, a predicament Clarissa
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life and conjectured within the pag
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included in the compilation of the
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The eighteenth-century reading publ
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Clarissa's own will, framing the pl
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to [the Solmes marriage settlement]
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Grandfather Harlowe was one of many
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a daughter or daughters, or in the
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name, as a mark of her becoming his
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other and uncles, and keeping her f
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of this, a father often left most o
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deference by every other person, wh
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fits with legal developments outlin
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Harlowe. Mr. Harlowe, Sr., should b
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thousand pounds was enough to make
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her husband's considerable intellig
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inability to comprehend inheritance
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espect" will always betray his lack
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to heighten his bad qualities and h
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the symbol of the Bennet dynasty, i
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"name has become a byword for a sil
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complimentsf] as unstudied an air a
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with him from the moment she sees h
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her, "Upon my word, I say no more h
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marrying a woman for love. Yet, the
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practice well enough to know that a
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Lydia, like her mother, cannot see
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Had Mr. Bennet removed the entail b
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to believe. He talks of the late Mr
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and Mr. Collins could well find the
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wealth were difficult to determine,
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the language of effects of strict s
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ecourse is to escape them. Because
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of the entail, John Habbakuk is ver
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power and wealth in a nation," maki
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Conclusions about Clarissa, Evelina
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final bequest of Caroline Evelyn as
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In the same way, Evelina Anville th
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through her thoughtlessness and sha
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Bourgh advises everyone on everythi
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eaching majority, could not continu
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Brodrick, George W., The Honorable.
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Greenfield, Susan. " 'Oh Dear Resem
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Trumbach, Randolph. The Rise of the