... are a defense of those same societal constructs upon which the value of a female is precariously balanced. The first of the contradictions Manley addresses appears in relation to the economics of an 18th-century woman. Specifically, Manley highlights the disparity between the belief that a woman's sexual chastity was priceless and the extent to which this supposedly invaluable entity was treated as a bargaining ... he imagined it was so"(153) and chooses to get married again - this time to an heiress. Despite having done everything according to the stipulations of how proper virtuous w...

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