Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................... ii Chapter One ...................... 1 Willful Intent: . . . . . . . . . . . . The Inheritance Novel .............. -1 Learning the Language of Inheritance ....... 4 Raising a Family . ................ 16 Inheriting Land and Language . ......... -19 Affirmations and Applications .......... 23 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -38 ChapterTwo . .................... 40 Unhappy Transactions . ............. 40 Introduction . ................. -40 Richardson and the Language of Settlement .... 44 Constructing Clarissa . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Willing the Harlowe Family . .......... -64 Lovelace and His Legacy . ............ 76 The Howe and the Harlowe Women ......... 84 Clarissa as Inheritor . ............. 92 Conclusion . .................. 96 -1
Chapter Three .................... 103 Advising Ms . Anville .............. 103 Introduction .................. 103 Mentoring Ms . Burney .............. 113 Guarding Evelina ................ 116 Solutions from Mrs . Selwyn ........... 142 The Inheritance of Evelina ........... 149 Chapter Four ..................... 156 Property Rites ................. 156 Introduction .................. 156 Personal Prejudice ............... 160 Daughters and Discourse ............. 166 The Wrong Man in the Right Place ........ 181 Mr . Wickham's World ............... 190 Conclusion ................... 201 Chapter Five .................... 207 The Inheritance Novel ............. 207 Conclusions about Clarissa. Evelina and Pride and Prejudice ............... 218 WORKS CITED ..................... 229 BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR ............... 237
Page 1 and 2: THE INHERITANCE NOVEL: THE POWER OF
Page 3 and 4: Three points are fundamental in ide
Page 5: intelligence. I must also thank Lin
Page 9 and 10: "inheritance novels." Three factors
Page 11 and 12: specifically to drive the plot. Fir
Page 13 and 14: father wished, he could allows equa
Page 15 and 16: usually on fiscal matters, but thes
Page 17 and 18: (2) . Eileen Spring discusses primo
Page 19 and 20: would "resettle" the estate. In oth
Page 21 and 22: placed on the estate. Those restric
Page 23 and 24: Even the simple definitions of inhe
Page 25 and 26: from the surface and often not very
Page 27 and 28: mastery and confusion of inheritanc
Page 29 and 30: of their futures, while the develop
Page 31 and 32: culture, this is the first study to
Page 33 and 34: This power which the mind has thus
Page 35 and 36: successful marriage was expressed i
Page 37 and 38: procedure and could not foresee the
Page 39 and 40: the end, is partly responsible for
Page 41 and 42: For all the recent criticism dealin
Page 43 and 44: welfare. Although several of her br
Page 45 and 46: language and a feminine independenc
Page 47 and 48: Chapter Two Unhappy Transactions: R
Page 49 and 50: Clarissa. Richardson's masterpiece
Page 51 and 52: Since Zomchickfs study, Eileen Spri
Page 53 and 54: settlement, a predicament Clarissa
Page 55 and 56: life and conjectured within the pag
Page 57 and 58:
included in the compilation of the
Page 59 and 60:
The eighteenth-century reading publ
Page 61 and 62:
Clarissa's own will, framing the pl
Page 63 and 64:
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
Page 75 and 76:
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
Page 81 and 82:
empowered as such to make all decis
Page 83 and 84:
politics of propertied power well i
Page 85 and 86:
Lovelace is proud, and Richardson r
Page 87 and 88:
een for some time extinct on failur
Page 89 and 90:
have found her less than an angel,
Page 91 and 92:
not yet use physical force, knowing
Page 93 and 94:
elating the story of the Marchiones
Page 95 and 96:
necessity to alter her whole Charac
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you believe it?-And they are all de
Page 99 and 100:
The comic relief Richardson brings
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Clarissa Harlowe found that the Bib
Page 103 and 104:
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
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.
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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
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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
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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
Page 143 and 144:
ignorant of this one young woman, o
Page 145 and 146:
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
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
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time (Straub 2-3). Questions about
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Chapter Four Property Rites: Inheri
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
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dignity, irony, silence. The Bennet
Page 181 and 182:
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
Page 187 and 188:
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
Page 201 and 202:
her, "Upon my word, I say no more h
Page 203 and 204:
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
Page 211 and 212:
to believe. He talks of the late Mr
Page 213 and 214:
and Mr. Collins could well find the
Page 215 and 216:
wealth were difficult to determine,
Page 217 and 218:
the language of effects of strict s
Page 219 and 220:
ecourse is to escape them. Because
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of the entail, John Habbakuk is ver
Page 223 and 224:
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
Page 231 and 232:
through her thoughtlessness and sha
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Bourgh advises everyone on everythi
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eaching majority, could not continu
Page 237 and 238:
Brodrick, George W., The Honorable.
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Greenfield, Susan. " 'Oh Dear Resem
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----------- . The Richardson-Stinst
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Trumbach, Randolph. The Rise of the
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