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The Feminist Side of Jane Austen
While it may be true that Austen was a romance writer, it was not the way critics had once believed. Instead of exalting the value of tradition and virtue in her writing style, Austen defied it and made a case for feminine rights. Whether we see Austen as a feminist because we are looking for evidence in her text or because she truly was a feminist is something that we may never be able to discern.
Austen was not blatant in her feminism and if you weren't looking for it, you might not have noticed the stance she took. She was well known for writing about young women who only had an interest in marriage, and she was often underestimated because of this. Though if you study her work, you will find her understated feminist tendency.
While most of Austen's characters did want to marry, they always wanted to choose their own suitors and marry for love which is something that was unheard of during Austen's lifetime. For example, Elizabeth Bennet, in......

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