“Feminists believe in nineteenth
century fiction, very few women work
for a living, unless they are driven to it
by dire necessity. Instead, the focus of
interest is on the heroine’s choice of
marriage partner, which will decide
her ultimate social position and
exclusively determine her happiness
and fulfilment in life, or her lack of
these.”
In the light of your reading from the
critical anthology, how does Thomas
Hardy’s novel support this view?
century fiction, very few women work
for a living, unless they are driven to it
by dire necessity. Instead, the focus of
interest is on the heroine’s choice of
marriage partner, which will decide
her ultimate social position and
exclusively determine her happiness
and fulfilment in life, or her lack of
these.”
In the light of your reading from the
critical anthology, how does Thomas
Hardy’s novel support this view?
