Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
inheritance, proves that marriage and money can be manipulated by personal agenda, and proves that life is too unpredictable to guarantee the intended results of strict legal settlement.
Chapter Four Property Rites: Inheritance Language and Unexpected Legacy in Pride and Prejudice Introduction Jane Austenf s Pride and Prejudice gives a third view of the effect of marriage and strict settlement practice and its language on eighteenth-century novels. Pride and Prejudice portrays settlements seemingly improbable and comic. Austen targets the reality of inheritance and marriage settlements, not all of which were textbook cases. Not all families followed the ideal standards envisioned by the creators of strict settlement. Not all inheritances ran smoothly. The story of the Bennet family, however, does give us all the characteristics of an inheritance novel. Austen was personally involved with inheritance problems in her family. She was familiar, not only with the workings of strict settlement, but also with the
- Page 111 and 112: to function; and the heroine, Eveli
- Page 113 and 114: the eighteenth century. Virtuous da
- Page 115 and 116: Continent," though Maria's own life
- Page 117 and 118: egarding women's places in society.
- Page 119 and 120: Kristina Straub, Julia Epstein and
- Page 121 and 122: she married Charles Burney. The rep
- Page 123 and 124: The language of inheritance is dupl
- Page 125 and 126: accounting of the Evelyn family eve
- Page 127 and 128: Other than his education and a few
- Page 129 and 130: and from the upper classes if he is
- Page 131 and 132: Susan Greenfield points out that Vi
- Page 133 and 134: decision, and then leaves his charg
- Page 135 and 136: a position as the head of his famil
- Page 137 and 138: (Spring 8-38). Caroline Evelyn is a
- Page 139 and 140: always, willing to "obey custom rat
- Page 141 and 142: ecitation and finally believing the
- Page 143 and 144: ignorant of this one young woman, o
- Page 145 and 146: One cannot fathom the Evelyn family
- Page 147 and 148: more powerful than any apprehension
- Page 149 and 150: let alone Evelina. Willoughby and L
- Page 151 and 152: Burney chose a woman and one of amb
- Page 153 and 154: matter her inheritance; only patril
- Page 155 and 156: culture without the help of a fathe
- Page 157 and 158: first encounter with her father. At
- Page 159 and 160: a clandestine marriage with Sir Joh
- Page 161: time (Straub 2-3). Questions about
- Page 165 and 166: storyline follows the courtship of
- Page 167 and 168: motion. Eileen Spring tells us that
- Page 169 and 170: Critics place great emphasis on the
- Page 171 and 172: not favoritism, ultimately decide w
- Page 173 and 174: driving Austen' s characters and wo
- Page 175 and 176: Overtones of the pecuniary plight o
- Page 177 and 178: tendency to believe he could have d
- Page 179 and 180: dignity, irony, silence. The Bennet
- Page 181 and 182: family through provision for his ma
- Page 183 and 184: thousand pounds was enough to make
- Page 185 and 186: her husband's considerable intellig
- Page 187 and 188: inability to comprehend inheritance
- Page 189 and 190: espect" will always betray his lack
- Page 191 and 192: to heighten his bad qualities and h
- Page 193 and 194: the symbol of the Bennet dynasty, i
- Page 195 and 196: "name has become a byword for a sil
- Page 197 and 198: complimentsf] as unstudied an air a
- Page 199 and 200: with him from the moment she sees h
- Page 201 and 202: her, "Upon my word, I say no more h
- Page 203 and 204: marrying a woman for love. Yet, the
- Page 205 and 206: practice well enough to know that a
- Page 207 and 208: Lydia, like her mother, cannot see
- Page 209 and 210: Had Mr. Bennet removed the entail b
- Page 211 and 212: to believe. He talks of the late Mr
inheritance, proves that marriage and money can be<br />
manipulated by personal agenda, and proves that life is<br />
too unpredictable to guarantee the intended results of<br />
strict legal settlement.
Change language