How was marriage viewed during jane austen's lifetime.

Jane Austen’s novels, as critics say, were focused on romance, courtship and marriage. Though Jane Austen was unmarried, which made her into a feminist author some believed that she also wanted to be married at some point but her view on marriage is so precise; that it is just a union od shared interests and tastes and does not guarantee romantic love nor financial security.

During her time, marriage was more seen as a means of financial support rather than of mutual romance. Also, widows are forced to be remarried by reality, even when they like it or not. Eligible males are also much less than a woman, because of that all the women search wildly for a man. Divorce also happened during this time which showed marriage’s vulnerability. These can be seen in her novels like Pride and Prejudice.

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