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ABSTRACT 9

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 12

CHAPTER 2. THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF VICTORIAN FAMILY 32

2.1. The Instability of Early Victorian Family 34

2.1.1. Empowered Widowhood 36

2.1.2. Parental Relation: From Separation to Reunion 41

2.1.3. Consanguineal Sororal Bond 48

2.2. The Disintegration of Late Victorian Family 54

2.2.1. Proximity towards Femininity 56

2.2.2. Exploding Patriarchal Family Myths 62

2.2.3. Idealized Sisterhood 71

CHAPTER 3. THE CONFORMITY AND REBELLION IN COURTSHIP 77

3.1. Discovering the Meaning of Treachery in Sense and Sensibility 79

3.1.1. Rewriting the Mentor-Lover Story 80

3.1.2. The Randomness and Chance in Courtship 85

3.1.3. Marriage as a Transaction of Capital 89

3.2. Less than Ideal Husbands and Wives in The Egoist 97

3.2.1. A Denial of Chivalry 99

3.2.2. Female Traitor 103

3.2.3. Movement to Companion Marriage 108

CHAPTER 4. URBAN INFLUENCE 115

4.1. The Lost Country House in Sense and Sensibility 118

4.1.1. Intrusion of City Value 120

4.1.2. City Tour of Self-Discovery 127

4.2. The Fall of the Country House in The Egoist 136

4.2.1. The Corruption of the Country House 137

4.2.2. Urbanized Women and Revised Moral Value 143

CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION 148

Works Cited 160

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 Though different in gender, Jane Austen and George Meredith share more similarities than difference. They are social critics choosing the same genre and similar themes. There is also a correlation in their perspectives on women's issues, and a need to examine their perspectives on women's issues. This dissertation examines Austen and Meredith's representations of women's experience in Sense and Sensibility and The Egoist in the domestic and public sphere in the 19th century. The comparison of the two books shows the way in which female self-consciousness improves.

The social and economic changes in the 19th century have an important impact on the Austen and Meredith's writing on women's experience. The industrial revolution and economic development alter the social perception on family, which is reflected in the two novels. Both writers present a diluted kinship between parents and daughters and a meaningful and instructive sisterhood in an acquisitive society. A physical and emotional separation from ineffectual parents facilitate woman's self-assertion. However, Austen and Meredith differ in their conception on the core of family. While Austen proposes a strengthened and exclusive consanguinity, Meredith stresses on affinity between families of choice. Both of their opinions reflect a disintegration of Victorian family.

How women are presented in courtship and their considerations in choosing the suitors are reflections not only of Austen and Meredith's individual views on marriage, but also a change of public perception on this social institution. By penetrating the male patriarchal stereotypes, women have a clearer consciousness of marriage. In the representation of courtship and marriage, both Austen and Meredith agree on endogamy within the middle class. But concerning the specific factors that influence woman's considerations in suitors they diverge. While Austen prioritizes economic factors, Meredith regards emotional factors as important, and proposes a profession pursuit for single woman.

The rise of the city has greatly changed the power distribution between the country and the city. Women conduct reflections on their life and consciousness caused by their urban experiences. Austen identifies her heroines with rural virtues against the vice and corruption of the city. The idealization of the country shows Austen's effort in defending the status quo and faith in the gentry class in their role of establishing a new social order. Meredith identifies his heroines with positive urban values which have gradually intruded into the country. The vitality and energy accelerate the fall of the gentry class. In this sense, Meredith demands a change of status quo and lays hope on the new type of women.

There is a lineage between Austen and Meredith in the representation of women. Both novelists propose female assertiveness that constitutes a transgression of falsified social codes. Austen is not conservative on women's issues. Her heroines are secret rebels against patriarchy, and realize their full potential in a constraint situation. Austen is a feminist in her own sense. Meredith inherits and develops Austen's tradition in the treatment of women. He proposes an overt confrontation against masculine institutions and expresses a belief in women's ability to reproduce the social world of equality.

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