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Message: [QUOTE="VAUConnFan, post: 2682046, member: 501"] Question 7 intrigued me because I consider myself a serious Janeite; To the point where I was considering making a 90 minute drive to attend a meeting of like minded Austen fans. So, the question threw me because it was always my belief that the people of that time had no problem with first cousins marrying. After all, Ms Austen's novels were serialized in the newspapers of the day. They were not underground publications. So, the incest angle, in my opinion, was based on current mores. Ms Austen also went as far as she possibly could to subtly call out and make fun of the hypocrisy of the clergy. [/QUOTE]