Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
1775–1817, born in Steventon
- Born
- 16 December 1775
- Birthplace
- Steventon
- Died
- 18 July 1817
From their work
I cannot help hoping that many will feel themselves obliged to buy it. I shall not mind imagining it a disagreeable duty to them, so as they do it.
Read the opening of Pride and Prejudice · about 1 min
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
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