Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen 1st Edition

Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780300277562,0300277563

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• ISBN-10: 0300277563
• ISBN-13: 9780300277562
• Author: Rory Muir

Marriage is at the centre of Jane Austen’s novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her characters and continue to fascinate readers today. But what were love and marriage like in reality for ladies and gentlemen in Regency England? Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of the period. From the glamour of the ballroom to the pressures of careers, children, managing money, and difficult in-laws, love and marriage came in many guises: some wed happily, some dared to elope, and other relationships ended with acrimony, adultery, domestic abuse, or divorce. Muir illuminates the position of both men and women in marriage, as well as those spinsters and bachelors who chose not to marry at all.

Table contents:

CHAPTER ONE MEETING

CHAPTER TWO ATTRACTION

CHAPTER THREE COURTSHIP

CHAPTER FOUR HESITATION AND HEARTBREAK

CHAPTER FIVE PROPOSALS, ENGAGEMENTS AND MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS

CHAPTER SIX WEDDINGS AND HONEYMOONS

CHAPTER SEVEN ELOPEMENTS, ABDUCTIONS, MISTRESSES AND MÉSALLIANCES

CHAPTER EIGHT SPINSTERS AND BACHELORS: The Alternative to Marriage

CHAPTER NINE EARLY MARRIED LIFE

CHAPTER TEN ‘MY LOVE …’

CHAPTER ELEVEN GETTING ALONG

CHAPTER TWELVE CAREERS

CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHILDREN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN UNHAPPY MARRIAGES

CHAPTER FIFTEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ADULTERY, DIVORCE AND SEPARATION

CHAPTER SIXTEEN WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN GROWING OLD TOGETHER

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