Jade (beauty.andherbooks)’s Reviews > Jane Austen and Marriage > Status Update

I've stopped focusing so much on the information that I'm not planning on using for my essay aka 90% of the book and just skimming for the information I need. Plus, this book covers marriage in all of Austen's works (of which I have only read 1) so I'm super confused reading most of it. Also, why did Jane have to name so many of her characters Jane?

Already getting a lot of quotes that I can use for my paper!

“No Jane Austen heroine marries for money: affection is always part of the equation – yet the recognition that romance alone would neither keep body and soul together nor sustain marital accord is a crucial element underpinning all of her writing. / In real life and in novels, the psychological preparedness of those entering the marriage state interested Jane Austen more than the external show of the wedding itself.”