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.

"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 the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life."

This is a 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 the

"Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was

only the rich being able afford divorces.

of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want."

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)