Multiple choice

Women in the eighteenth century middle classes became readers as well as writers. Which of the following women writers wrote about the society which encouraged women to look for ‘good’ marriages and find wealthy or propertied husbands?

  1. Mary Ann Evans

  2. Charlotte Bronte

  3. Jane Austen

  4. Helen Hunt Jackson

  5. Susan Coolidge

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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is correct. Jane Austen wrote books like 'Pride and Prejudice' which showed that women were encouraged to look for ‘good’ marriages and find wealthy or propertied husbands.