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
A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?
No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.
I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.
How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him.
Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion…
You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.' 'As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe. I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy, but like every body else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.
She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.
Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of other people's mouths.
You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.
The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing
...but there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power...