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Pride and Prejudice · 1813
Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small for tune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Marriage is described as financial protection available to a woman of limited means, even without high expectations of men or marital happiness. The passage reflects constrained social choices rather than prescribing them. The archived spacing remains.
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