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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Governess would have been the answer for her - [/quote]

+1 Yup. Governess. Most likely to the kids of a sibling who had married well. She says as much in P&P. Her expectation was that she would live with Jane and Mr. Bingley and teach their "ten children." This would have been a very realistic outcome for a woman in Lizzy's position.[/quote]

But for a pretty, young, vivacious woman there was huge societal pressure and expectation to marry. She more than likely not would’ve married anyone rather than be a spinster aunt/governess. A marriage to a tradesman or soldier (officer-rank soldiers were often younger sons of gentlemen or “gentry” as were clergymen, so those marriages wouldn’t have been crossing class lines as much as a gentleman’s daughter marrying a tradesman) would’ve been far preferable to being the spinster aunt. [/quote]

ha. you've obviously not bothered to read the book.[/quote]

I’ve read it many times. And I maintain what I said. Elizabeth Bennet is not Jane Austen. Jane Austen had an unusual family and [b]definitely isn’t writing herself into the Bennet family[/b]. For the average young woman in regency England, any marriage would’ve been considered preferable to a single life. Jane Austen is the exception. [/quote]

Yes. She did.

See this: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjByJ3M-873AhXEKs0KHdtSDLQQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdlib.bc.edu%2Fislandora%2Fobject%2Fbc-ir%3A102256%2Fdatastream%2FPDF%2Fview&usg=AOvVaw0Occ7-qPyXT2H0bvazJ-dJ[/quote]

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