“Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and eventually comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. A classic piece filled with comedy, its humour lies in its honest depiction of manners, education, marriage and money during the Regency era in Great Britain.
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Variant: It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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“It was absolutely necessary to interrupt him now.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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“proper attention and management, less irritable, less”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
“Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"
"For the liveliness of your mind, I did.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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“The distance is nothing when one has a motive.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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“Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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“I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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“Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
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