Jane Austen, a gifted English novelist, daughter of a clergyman in N. Hampshire; member of a quiet family circle, occupied herself in writing without eye to publication, and only in mature womanhood thought of writing for the press. Her first novel, "Sense and Sensibility," was published in 1811, and was followed by "Pride and Prejudice," her masterpiece, "Persuasion," and others, her interest being throughout in ordinary quiet cultured life, and the delineation of it, which she achieved in an inimitably charming manner. She is the mother of the English 19th-century novel, as Scott is the father of it" (1775-1816).
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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. Go to Quote / Comment
One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy. Go to Quote / Comment
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable. Go to Quote / Comment
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Go to Quote / Comment
Oh do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. Go to Quote / Comment