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
I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language
Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.