It taught me that all of her novels focus on the idea of money, and how she makes special notice of each character's monetary status. She does this by either saying specifically how many pounds they make per year (or for heiresses, how many pounds they make in a lump sum), or showing it by describing what luxuries they possess, such as carriages, servants, or nice houses. Each increasing level of money per year allows more benefits to the family and less struggle. Every amount you went up would allow another servant or a higher class servant, more children, or special items like carriages.
According to the chapter, women either chose to marry for money or for love. Most women chose money over love in the end, for they knew they would then be able to be secure in life, even if they weren't completely happy with their choice of husband. Very few ended up with the man they truly had had feelings for.
Chapter 9 also pointed out how women were in charge of managing the household but they weren't in charge of the money that their husbands made. Their advising and strong suggestions would sometimes keep men just barely in bounds, below debt. No matter what, even if their husbands made bad decisions, women always suffered the monetary consequences.
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