Jane Austen, a gifted English novelist, daughter of a clergyman in N. Hampshire; member of a quiet family circle, occupied herself in writing without eye to publication, and only in mature womanhood thought of writing for the press. Her first novel, "Sense and Sensibility," was published in 1811, and was followed by "Pride and Prejudice," her masterpiece, "Persuasion," and others, her interest being throughout in ordinary quiet cultured life, and the delineation of it, which she achieved in an inimitably charming manner. She is the mother of the English 19th-century novel, as Scott is the father of it" (1775-1816).
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From politics it was an easy step to silence. Go to Quote / Comment
Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educ... Go to Quote / Comment
Everything nourishes what is strong already. Go to Quote / Comment
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. Go to Quote / Comment
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. Go to Quote / Comment