Going once, going twice, SOLD to the wealthiest and most eligible bachelor in town. In a society based on monetary values, many marriages came to being in this manner and many marriages did not occur because of this monetary priority. The social views and values of early nineteenth century aristocratic England revolved around who had money and who did not producing attitudes both materialistic and self-involved. Jane Austen saw these fallacies in society. Her novel …
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