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Jane Austen
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Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
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“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
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“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid”
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“If a book is well written, I always find it too short”
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“If a book is well written, I always find it too short”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
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“But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
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“But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
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“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”
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“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”
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