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Pride and Prejudice: Marriage

Essay written by Maria Engstrom



Introduction

For this essay, I chose to read the perhaps most famous book by the English author Jane Austen.

During the reading I was thinking about which theme I should choose to write about and analyze, and

eventually I felt that marriage was the central keyword in the book. I will concentrate on the situation

of the daughters in the family, since these are the best described in the novel. My dealing with

different ideals and problems within a marriage will be illustrated with examples from the text.



Analysis

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so

well known to each other, or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least.

They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is

better to know as little as possible of......

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Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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