Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austenwas an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the life of the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her most highly praised novel during her lifetime was Pride and Prejudice, her second published novel. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1775
CitySteventon, England
I encourage him to be in his garden as often as possible. Then he has to walk to Rosings nearly every day. ... I admit I encourage him in that also.
We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
Obstinate, headstrong girl!
…dearest, loveliest Elizabeth [...] By you, I was properly humbled.
The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.
Eleanor went to her room "where she was free to think and be wretched.
Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.
No- I cannot talk of books in a ballroom; my head is always full of something else.
Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?" - Elizabeth Bennet
Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world.
To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well
His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.
Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?
I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.