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How can you prove that Jane Austen mocked womens' need for marriage in Pride & Prejudice and Emma?

what examples can you find in the book that support this theory?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The first line. Something like, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." It's pretty much everywhere through the book, but I guess you have to dig deep past the dry humor to get to the bottom of it.

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