Jane Austen and Time Period Information
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Jane's first published novel | Sense and Sensibility |
| what the byline was for Sense and Sensibility | by a lady |
| what the byline was for Pride and Prejudice | by the author of Sense and Sensibility |
| when Sense and Sensibility was published | 1811 |
| when Pride and Prejudice was published | 1813 |
| the 1st books that were actually attributed to Jane | Persuasion, Northanger Abbey |
| what entailment was | legal document delineating who inherits a particular object, estate, or lump of money; can't be changed |
| what estate includes | money, land, property, animals, servants |
| what a male primogeniture was | 1st male of a family |
| what the 1st male of a family was called | male primogeniture |
| what the genteel class was | upper class; born into class; never moved up or down |
| what the upper class was called | genteel class |
| what happens to a female's property when she marries | it all becomes her husband's property |
| only way a female's property wouldn't become her husband's upon marriage | settlement |
| what the only grounds for divorce was | infidelity on the wife |
| what happened to the children and property upon a divorce | go to husband |
| what a property-settlement was | legal document signed between father and husband |
| who unmarried women lived with | family or guardians; near a male relative |
| what an unmarried woman could become | governess (servant to upper class family) |
| what would happen to a woman's accomplishments upon marriage | be abandoned |
| when 2nd edition of Pride and Prejudice was published | late 1813 |
| when Mansfield Park was published | 1814 |
| when Emma was published | 1815 |
| when the 2nd edition of Mansfield Park was published | 1815 |
| when Persuasion was published | 1817 |
| when Northanger Abbey was published | 1817 |
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