她们自己

Daughters were expected to join their well-bred friends on the marriage market.

他们期望自己女儿像她们有教养一样在婚姻市场找到合适对象。

Often, as with Austen's Elizabeth Bennet or Trollope's Alice Vavasor, they make themselves positively miserable trying to escape the worthy men who will make them happy.

比如奥斯丁笔下伊丽莎白和特罗洛普笔下爱丽丝，她们逃避那些本可给他们带来幸福男人，并把自己弄得痛苦不堪。