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as a child to write novels for her family, and these all reflected the life of a country family in which money was never quite plentiful enough. This lack of substantial riches is an explicit element of AustenÆs novels, for a familyÆs wealth had a direct impact on a young womanÆs ability to marry well (or even marry at all), and while Austen may satirize the morals of her time, she does seem to believe rather firmly in the idea that a woman should marry if at all possible (Ash and Higton, 1995, p. 14).

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