Jane Austen wrote all six of her novels just over 200 years ago in a time that seems distant and abstract to us today. Her worlds of ballgowns and marriage markets seem ... “The significance of young ...

POPULAR culture has dubbed Jane Austen queen of “happily-ever ... relevant to her stance on the happy ending? The marriage plot has, since its Western inception, been associated with a Christian world ...

Jane Austen’s ... women trying to find good marriage matches. This issue must have been fresh on the young author’s mind when ...

though Austen presents him as less interesting than the mysterious Darcy. Bingley is presented as a suitable match for Jane because of the similarities between them. Their marriage is ultimately ...