《Chance and the Hierarchy of Marriages in PP》.pdf

Chance and the Hierarchy of Marriages in Pride and Prejudice Author(s): Joel Weinsheimer Reviewed work(s): Source: ELH, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Sep., 1972), pp. 404-419 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: /stable/2872192 . Accessed: 12/11/2011 18:24 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. The Johns Hopkins University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to ELH. CHANCE AND THE HIERARCHY OF MARRIAGES IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JOEL WEINSHEIMER is in Jane Austens novels Chance given significance by her in- on the value of its and sistence opposite-rational deliberate is an of And it her realism that choice. important aspect she into choice and chance two divide exclusive does not mutually in con- made full awareness of and forces. Ideal choice motives after a rare in her Few sequences is, all,