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Jane Austen
Geburtstag: 16. Dezember 1775
Todesdatum: 18. Juli 1817
Andere Namen:Jane Austenová
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Jane Austen war eine britische Schriftstellerin aus der Zeit des Regency, deren Hauptwerke Stolz und Vorurteil und Emma zu den Klassikern der englischen Literatur gehören.
Zitate Jane Austen
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„Grandeur I detest.“
— Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey
„Nichts als den Tod.“
— Jane Austen
Letzte Worte zu ihrer Schwester Cassandra Austen, die fragte, ob sie sich noch etwas wünsche, 18. Juli 1817
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„I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.“
— Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
„From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry.“
— Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
„Angry people are not always wise.“
— Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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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.“
— Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters
Letter to Cassandra (1798-12-24) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
„It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.“
— Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
