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Jane Austen, born on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817, was a renowned English novelist of the 19th century. Known for her exquisite psychological portrayals and satirical humor, Austen's works mainly revolve around rural life in England, depicting the customs and interpersonal relationships of the time. Her representative works include 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Sense and Sensibility'.

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Famous Jane Austen Quotes

“One word from you shall silence me forever.”

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Book:8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an

Source: 8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an

“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 someone or other of their daughters.”

“Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness—if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders.”

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Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?”

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Book:Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

Source: Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

“Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.”

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Book:Blaine Josten's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Annotated)

Source: Blaine Josten's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Annotated)

“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”

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Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.”

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Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.”

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Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions”

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Author:Jane Austen

“My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the past; and I hoped to obtain your forgiveness, to lessen your ill opinion, by letting you see that your reproofs had been attended to. How soon any other wishes introduced themselves I can hardly tell, but I believe in about half an hour after I had seen you.”

Source: Jane Austen Collection: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion and More

“There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.”

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Book:8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an

Source: 8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an

“You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.”

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Author:Jane Austen

“I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.' But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time." "Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but THAT was only when I first saw her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.”

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Book:Annotated Pride and Prejudice with English Grammar Exercises: by Jane Austen (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)

Source: Annotated Pride and Prejudice with English Grammar Exercises: by Jane Austen (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)

“I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.”

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Author:Jane Austen

“Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.”