Pride and Prejudice Meaning Of This Quote: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice Meaning Of This Quote: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice(1813)

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Last updated by Aslan on 4/14/2015 6:06 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 4/14/2015 6:06 PM

The social structure of Victorian gentry demands that a man of worth needs a wife for, at the very least, producing a male heir to carry on name and his fortune.

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