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Discuss representations of one of the following social identities in the work of Austen; sisters.

Jane Austen was one of eight children born to Rev. George Austen and his wife Cassandra. As one of two girls in a large and boisterous family, an intimate bond formed between Jane and her elder sister Cassandra. Their shared experiences of boarding school and education cemented the firm relationship as they helped one another to deal with the disillusions of life as a woman in the eighteenth century. During the occasional times of separation, numerous letters of affectionate correspondence demonstrate the closeness between the two sisters. In order to appreciate the role of sisterhood in the works of Austen we must take into account Jane's own relationship with her sister and to decide whether her own experiences mimic those of the pairs of sisters that flood her books.

Social expectations in the eighteenth century were exceptionally prominent; young women having recently left......

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