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“I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.”

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

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

Jane Austen's renowned novel explores themes of social status, marriage, and personal growth through the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. This Norton Critical Edition features additional scholarly commentary and analysis. more

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Jane Austen

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'. more

“It makes me angry sometimes, it's a visceral thing--how you come to despise your own words in your ears not because they aren't genuine, but because they are; because you've said them so many times, your 'principles,' your 'ideals'--and so damned little in the world has changed because of them.”

World Littles Said Sometimes Principles Changed Ideals Ears Angry Genuine Despise Visceral Make Me Angry

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“It was the look you get when facing a sudden and insurmountable danger: the errant truck, the shaky ladder, the crazy person who pins you to the linoleum and insists, with increasing urgency, that everything you know and love can be undone by a grape.”

Knows Looks Persons Crazy Danger And Love Truck Ladders Pins Urgency Grapes Undone Insurmountable Crazy Person

Book:When You Are Engulfed In Flames

Source: When You Are Engulfed In Flames

“This was the tricky bit. The really tricky bit, trickiness cubed.”

Bits Tricky

Author:Hugh Laurie

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