她们自己

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

他期望自己女儿像有教养朋友一样在婚姻市场上找到合适对象。

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普笔下爱丽丝，避那些本可以给他带来幸福男人，并把自己弄得痛苦不堪。