... standards of "the ideal woman". In Persuasion we become introduced to an "excellent" woman in the very beginning, when the late wife to Sir Walters, Lady Elliot, is described. "She had humored, or softened, or concealed his failings, and promoted his real respectability for seventeen years; and though not the very happiest being in the world ... as an ideal woman can be found this seems to be her. With no aspiration for her own happiness, Lady Elliot dedicates her life to her husband. She seems to possess many of the talents needed of a woman according to Wakefield. Lady Elliot is certa...

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