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This paper explores the feminist critique, especially the oppression of woman in Jane Austen's "Catharine". Austen as a teenage author resists the pervasive social and cultural conduct works in the 1790s which prescribed that female sexuality be regulated and controlled. She also assails the widely held conservative argument that the welfare of every nation depends upon the virtue of it's individuals. Furthermore, Austen parodies the repressive discourse of the popular conduct works, creating a witty, intelligent heroine who experiences a sexual awakening. It is clear that "Catharine" gives us the full understanding of Austen's conscious feminist writing in the 1790s.
