The savvy socialite Mary Crawford sums  this up in "Mansfield Park;" “I would have everybody marry  if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people  throw themselves away.” Unsurprisingly, these themes were also  present in Austen’s personal life.
Mary Crawford, astuta dama de sociedad, resume la idea en "Mansfield Park": "Me gustaría que todos se casaran si pudieran hacerlo como es debido. No es bueno que la gente  desperdicie su vida". No sorprende que estos temas formaran  parte de la vida personal de Austen.