Library Research Guides: WRIT 137: The Novels of Jane Austen: 2ndary Sources: Books & Articles

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sample topic: women and property rights in Regency England

(woman OR women OR female) - synonyms

AND (property OR own* OR possess*) - truncation

AND (regency OR 19th century england)

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