Why is marriage so important in Pride and Prejudice?

[@japanclassmegan]

Thanks for the detailed explanation of what an entail is - glad to finally understand why some women in Austen’s novels can inherit (like Emma), while others end up like Bennet sisters.

[@verobarrionuevo]

Now I understand a bit more, not only Jane Austen's books but also some of Agatha Christie's novels. Thank you and greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@elliediringer3821]

College student reading this book for fun. Thank you for posting this video. Very informative.

[@preggioperson]

The very best explanation of an entail l have ever heard. Thank you so much.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@hilltopfamily]

Excellent description/explanation! Thank you! I've often wondered about an "entail".

[@tinytommy7695]

This helped me a lot. Thank you for making this!

[@opheliavanwijmeersch8018]

Thank you for the very clear explanation! This is really interesting :) I wonder if these types of entail would have been the same in the 18th century (and the centuries before) and at what moment in history they changed this type of inheritance? And do you know what would happen if a woman inherits her father's estate and marries? Would her father's house still be classified as the woman's property or would it become the property of her husband's? Thank you.

[@rogermaioli]

Entails are very old, dating back all the way to the fourteenth century; strict settlements (the type of entail Austen has in mind) were more recent. They first came into use in the sixteenth century. The principle of "coverture" determined that a woman's property would pass on to her husband upon their marriage. But there were all sorts of limiting that by means of a marriage settlement. It was possible, for example, for the woman's family to require that the property would pass to their children rather than to her husband, which was a way of preventing the husband from disposing of it or keeping it for himself in the (uncommon) case of a divorce.

[@pritikumar1850]

Can u explain love and marriage in pride and prejudice with points???

[@atilioborges5838]

Bem loco!