`Without thinking highly of either men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well educated young women of small fortune and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.'

I think Jane Austen had mixed views on marriage. She never got married herself, as she only believed in marrying for love. She fell in love when she was young with an Irish Barrister, but they were unable to marry, as neither had any money. Jane received one more proposal, but declined it.

In `Pride and Prejudice' Jane Austen shows us a variety of different types of marriage, good and bad.

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's marriage is one of the bad ones. With completely no respect for each other, Mr. Bennet takes...