... the ideal woman within her nineteenth-century English context. Commonly regarded as a realist writer in her accurate portrayal of everyday, Regency era life, Austen was moreover "one of the great formative and founding influences on how we think about 'England' and 'Englishness,' as well as class, ideology and gender issues."2 Her novels raise central matters within her ... seeks to stress Jane's unsuitability as "not rich enough, or grand enough" (116). Jane's beauty benefits her desirability, however, and works to contest her social status. As Jones notes, beauty could great...

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