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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It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? 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
In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. Go to Quote / Comment
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. Go to Quote / Comment
One half of the world can not understand the pleasures of the other. Go to Quote / Comment