The Importance of Marriage Pride and Prejudice

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…her silliest characters have such sentiments, while Mr. Bennet says "He is rich, to be sure, and you may have more fine clothes and fine carriages than Jane. But will they make you happy?". However, Jane Austen does not intend to simply condemn Charlotte Lucas, who finds consolation in "her home and her housekeeping, her parish and her poultry, and all their dependent concerns", for marrying Mr. Collins -- Charlotte's dilemma is a real one.