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
Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.
Sitting with her on Sunday evening — a wet Sunday evening — the very time of all others when if a friend is at hand the heart must be opened, and every thing told…
A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.
My good opinion once lost is lost forever.
Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.
my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.
The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer hope to be benefited by it. She wanted to hear of him, when there seemed the least chance of gaining intelligence. She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.
It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.
The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly.