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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Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. Go to Quote / Comment
Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like. Go to Quote / Comment
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. Go to Quote / Comment
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Go to Quote / Comment
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. Go to Quote / Comment