Jane Austen

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"In Mansfield Park Jane Austen is a staunch defender of the idea of conserving the way of life of the landed gentry that was threatened by changes in society. But her conservatism does not extend to her view of marriage. In terms of the relationship between men and women Austen's novel clearly conveys her sense of the need for an equality of relations as the basis of a marriage that works. The two people need not be the same or possess the same abilities and talents. But they must be complementary and one person, traditionally the man, cannot bear the entire weight. Her general outlook on gender relationships was not radical. She believed in marriage and she believed in it as the foundation of the life that she felt should be protected from the advance of the new spirit in society. Indeed the most radical thing about Jane Austen was that she believed that the colloquial domestic..."

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