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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Everything nourishes what is strong already. Go to Quote / Comment
Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is part of a British man's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread ... Go to Quote / Comment
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. Go to Quote / Comment
Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. Go to Quote / Comment
Those who do not complain are never pitied. Go to Quote / Comment