Download or read book Resisting the Marriage Plot written by Dalene Joy Fisher and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction has long been used to cast vision for social change, but the role of Christian faith in such works has often been overlooked. In this STA volume, Dalene Joy Fisher examines how the works of Jane Austen, Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge cultural expectations of women and marriage, exploring how Christianity can be a transformative force of liberation.