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
Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.
There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well.
A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so.
When money is once parted with, it can never return.
I go too long without picking up a good book, I feel like I've done nothing useful with my life.
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
How can you contrive to write so even?
There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.
I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.