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A 5
page paper which examines the significance in “Northanger Abbey” and “Pride and
Prejudice” by Jane Austen. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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who had money if they wished to do more than survive. Women did not work, save as servants and perhaps teachers, and as such they looked to financial support through
husbands. If their family was wealthy they may be lucky enough to receive a salary of money throughout their life, but for the most part money equaled survival. In the
following paper we discuss the significance of money in two of Jane Austens works. The works discussed are "Northanger Abbey" and "Pride and Prejudice." Northanger Abbey In this
particular chapter we see a powerful line concerning money in the following, a statement made by Isabella Thorpe: "It is not a trifle that will support a family nowadays; and
after all that romancers may say, there is no doing without money" (Austen NA). Essentially the conversation involves Isabella claiming that both Catherine and her man have money, but certainly
not enough to live on: "for what were you to live upon, supposing you came together? You have both of you something, to be sure, but it is not a
trifle that will support a family nowadays" (Austen NA). As we can see, money is an incredibly important issue in this conversation and throughout the book. In fact, the
entire romance between Catherine and Henry is based on finances as far as the powers that be are concerned. "Catherine is invited to the Tilneys home, the Northanger Abbey of
the title, where she imagines numerous gruesome secrets surrounding the General and his house. Henry proves that her suspicions have no substance by, while she is still recovering from the
humiliation, she finds herself ordered out of the house by the General" because the "General, mistakenly believing her to be penniless, had been anxious to keep her away from his
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