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Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen

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Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen

By: Rory Muir
Narrated by: Sarah Coomes
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Summary

What happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed?

Marriage is at the center of Jane Austen’s novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her characters and continue to fascinate people today. But what were love and marriage like in reality for ladies and gentlemen in Regency England?

Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of the period. From the glamour of the ballroom to the pressures of careers, children, managing money, and difficult in-laws, love and marriage came in many guises: some wed happily, some dared to elope, and other relationships ended with acrimony, adultery, domestic abuse, or divorce. Muir illuminates the position of both men and women in marriage, as well as those spinsters and bachelors who chose not to marry at all.

This is a richly textured account of how love and marriage felt for people at the time—revealing their unspoken assumptions, fears, pleasures, and delights.

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A fascinating look at love and marriage during Regency times, full of anecdotes and examples from diaries and letters. Beautifully written and with a clear, calm narration. Highly recommended!

Informative and enjoyable

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The narrator's work is perfect in every single part. I don't know if I would have enjoyed this book as much as I do if it weren't for the wonderful voice that narrated it. I hope to have the opportunity to listen to a literary classic narrated by Sarah Coomes one day.

Excellent narration

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the narrator's pacing is wierd, and her pronunciation is wierdly phonetic - "assizes" is pronounounced "azzeezes" and Morpeth with a bizarre french accent, I could go on...

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