... better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass you life." This is quote from charlotte Lucas, one of the female characters in the novel, and a quote which very well exemplify the general feelings against marriage for the period and ... to marry their life into money, happiness and a secured future (if they do not y chance happened to inherit a large sum of money.) as Charlotte Lucas thoughts before accepting the proposal of Mr. Collins are pictured in the novel: "Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always ... it...

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... 1797, (only two years after their nuptials) the couple had had a child and were already separated. The Princess moved from the matrimonial home, and was denied custody of her daughter Charlotte. Rumours quickly spread about the sexual promiscuity in Caroline's court. She was accused of engaging in adulterous acts with several different men, and also giving birth to an illegitimate son ... political advisors, free to choose her own friends and free to go exactly where she liked - in other words to be royal without the restrictions of royalty." Upon news of Charlotte's death in 1817, it w...

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... Journal of Social Psychology, 119, 235-242. Lundberg, S. & Pollack, R. A. (1996). Bargaining and distribution in marriage. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10(4), 139-158. McLaughlin, S. D. (1988). The Changing Lives of American Women. Charlotte, NC:University of North Carolina Press. O"Neill, W. (1989). Feminism in America: A History. Princeton, NJ:Transaction Publishers. Oppenheimer, V. K. (1994). Women's rising employment and the future of the family in industrial societies ... ...

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