... been incurred, and all duty violated" (Austen, 251). An "ideal woman" would have married to someone "indifferent" to her if her family wished it, but Austin here implies that woman should be brave and follow their own persuasions to reach happiness. Even if "an advantageous settlement of marriage is the universal prize" (Wakefield, 286 ... ...

• Word Count: 1474
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

... . New York: First Signet Classic Printing, 1960. Craik, W.A. The Bronte Novels. London: New Feather Lane,1968. Ewbank, Inga-Stina. Their Proper Sphere. Massachusetts: Harvard UP, 1966. Heilman, Robert B. From Jane Austin to Joseph Conrad. 1958. Critics on Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Ed. Judith O"Neill. Miami: UP of Miami, 1968. 32-35. Tillotson, Kathleen. Novels of the Eighteen Forties. 1958. Critics on ... ...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School