Jane Austen and marriage / Hazel Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Hazel
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Continuum, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 248 pages : map ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The advantage of choice -- The power of refusal -- An acquaintance formed in a public place -- White satin and lace veils --Where N takes M, for better, for worse -- Wedding journeys -- Scandal and gossip -- A contract of mutual agreeableness -- Domestic happiness overthrown -- The simple regimen of separate rooms -- The years of dangger -- An old maid at last.
Abstract Draws on contemporary conduct books, letters, diaries, journals, and newspapers to create insight into marriage in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.
LCCN 2009280326
ISBN9781847252180
ISBN1847252184

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR4038.M3 J66 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold