Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
having great substance, cannot be satisfied without rank and title" (L13 77). Solmes is James's perfect choice for Clarissa's husband because his land adjoins Harlowe Place. James, Jr., and the rest of the family are exuberant at the thought. James abides by and believes in the language of strict settlement, saying that all realty should pass to the eldest son and portions of the remaining personalty should go to the other siblings. According to Clarissa, James, as the eldest son, feels he should inherit all the realty, grandfathers', father's, unclesr, and all others' that should fall to him, such as his godmother's estate. He also manipulates family sentiment in order to inherit the remainder of the personal estate after the two sisters are portioned with ten or fifteen thousand apiece. He is sure all of the land and personalty left after settling his sisters' portions and his motherrs jointure will be enough to entitle him to a peerage (L13 77). David Sugarman underscores the validity of James, Jr.'s thinking, arguing that strict settlement, adopted in earnest after the Civil War, developed as a legal device to preserve and develop great landed estates and helped to accentuate the centrality of property and the
politics of propertied power well into the nineteenth century (37-38) . Rita Goldberg notes that those eighteenth-century families owning the most property were often the most politically powerful. It is Goldberg's view that many of these families aspired to that kind of power (53). Richardson provides the Harlowes as an example of one of those families. Lovelace and His Legacy Richardson complicates further his already convoluted plot with Robert Lovelace. A master of legal language, more so him than the Harlowe men, Lovelace is a consummate inheritor. Unlike the Harlowe men who depend on a woman's inheritance and title to found their family, Lovelace depends on his wealth coming directly from minor aristocracy. His description is couched in terms of inheritance. He was, "unused it seems from childhood to check or control-a case too common in considerable families," who "received from everyone those civilities which were due to his birth" (L3 46). Later still, he is described as a "generous landlord" choosing to "limit himself to an annual sum," declining even equipage and carriage in order to keep himself out of debt to his
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having great substance, cannot be satisfied without rank<br />
and title" (L13 77).<br />
Solmes is James's perfect choice for <strong>Clarissa</strong>'s<br />
husband because his land adjoins Harlowe Place. James,<br />
Jr., and the rest of the family are exuberant at the<br />
thought. James abides by and believes in the language of<br />
strict settlement, saying that all realty should pass to<br />
the eldest son and portions of the remaining personalty<br />
should go to the other siblings. According to <strong>Clarissa</strong>,<br />
James, as the eldest son, feels he should inherit all the<br />
realty, grandfathers', father's, unclesr, and all others'<br />
that should fall to him, such as his godmother's estate.<br />
He also manipulates family sentiment in order to inherit<br />
the remainder of the personal estate after the two<br />
sisters are portioned with ten or fifteen thousand<br />
apiece. He is sure all of the land and personalty left<br />
after settling his sisters' portions and his motherrs<br />
jointure will be enough to entitle him to a peerage (L13<br />
77).<br />
David Sugarman underscores the validity of James,<br />
Jr.'s thinking, arguing that strict settlement, adopted<br />
in earnest after the Civil War, developed as a legal<br />
device to preserve and develop great landed estates and<br />
helped to accentuate the centrality of property and the
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