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- Page 3 and 4: Three points are fundamental in ide
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- Page 17 and 18: (2) . Eileen Spring discusses primo
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- Page 41 and 42: For all the recent criticism dealin
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- Page 49 and 50: Clarissa. Richardson's masterpiece
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- Page 65 and 66: Grandfather Harlowe was one of many
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een for some time extinct on failur
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have found her less than an angel,
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not yet use physical force, knowing
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elating the story of the Marchiones
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necessity to alter her whole Charac
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you believe it?-And they are all de
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The comic relief Richardson brings
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Clarissa Harlowe found that the Bib
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Conclusion A confluence of settleme
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made her the public care, should en
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had she been "taken off" suddenly,
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Clarissars physical imprisonment in
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to function; and the heroine, Eveli
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the eighteenth century. Virtuous da
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Continent," though Maria's own life
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egarding women's places in society.
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Kristina Straub, Julia Epstein and
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she married Charles Burney. The rep
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The language of inheritance is dupl
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accounting of the Evelyn family eve
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Other than his education and a few
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and from the upper classes if he is
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Susan Greenfield points out that Vi
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decision, and then leaves his charg
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a position as the head of his famil
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(Spring 8-38). Caroline Evelyn is a
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always, willing to "obey custom rat
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ecitation and finally believing the
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ignorant of this one young woman, o
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One cannot fathom the Evelyn family
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more powerful than any apprehension
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let alone Evelina. Willoughby and L
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Burney chose a woman and one of amb
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matter her inheritance; only patril
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culture without the help of a fathe
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first encounter with her father. At
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a clandestine marriage with Sir Joh
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time (Straub 2-3). Questions about
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Chapter Four Property Rites: Inheri
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storyline follows the courtship of
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motion. Eileen Spring tells us that
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Critics place great emphasis on the
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not favoritism, ultimately decide w
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driving Austen' s characters and wo
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Overtones of the pecuniary plight o
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tendency to believe he could have d
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dignity, irony, silence. The Bennet
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family through provision for his ma
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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