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Posted by Greg on January 09, 1998 at 20:46:55:


In response to The same is applicable to Caroline Bingley and Georgiana, written by Constanza on January 09, 1998 at 14:46:09

And, to a lesser degree, Jane and Bingley's sisters (though Jane was not a calculating person)

] Perhaps it was the only chanced a woman had in those times to become better acquainted with a man. I wonder what would happen when there was no sister available.


What about how often Austen writes of people marrying their sibling-in-law? For example: Emma marrying George K after her sister marries his brother John, Elinor Dashwood marrying Edward Ferrars after her brother marries his sister Fanny, and the same thing almost happens here when the Thorpes pursue the Morlands. Was this more common in that society? Note that having a sister is sometimes a positive impediment(Fanny Dashwood)! Check-out Fanny's response (in the movie, that is) to Miss Steele's designs on her brother!




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