Marriage in the Eighteenth Century English Novel

Contents: Preface. 1. Mary Astell’s some reflections upon marriage. 2. Defoe’s views on marriage. 3. Samuel Richardson: Pamela. 4. Fanny Burney: Evelina (1778). 5. Susan Ferrier’s view of a happy marriage. 6. Women with small fortune in Jane Austen. 7. Jane Austen on marriage. Index.