An adolescent can read novels about the themes of love and marriage and draw some lessons. Elizabeth Kantor, the author of a recent book "The Jane Austen Guide to Happily Ever After", discusses it at

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/313858/it-s-not-war-sexes-interview
It’s Not a War of the Sexes:
The insights of Jane Austen should not be lost.
National Review
August 14, 2012