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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Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society . . . Go to Quote / Comment
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Go to Quote / Comment
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better we find comfort somewhere. Go to Quote / Comment
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. Go to Quote / Comment
Life is just a quick succession of busy nothings. Go to Quote / Comment