How did Jane Austen portray the women of the 19th century in her novels?

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How did Jane Austen portray the women of the 19th century in her novels?


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(i) Jane Austen's novel gives us a glimpse of the world of women in rural society in the early nineteenth century.

(ii) Her novels make us think about a society which encouraged women to look for good marriages and wealthy or propertied husbands.

(iii) In the novel 'Pride and Prejudice', Jane Austen portrays the female characters as pre-occupied with marriage and money and states 'a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'.

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