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“When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, or ever so imprudent, or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort.”

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Jane Austen buch Überredung

Quelle: Persuasion

“At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.”

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Jane Austen buch Sense and Sensibility

Quelle: Sense and Sensibility

“If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard?”

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Jane Austen buch Die Abtei von Northanger

Quelle: Northanger Abbey

“A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.”

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Jane Austen buch Sense and Sensibility

Quelle: Sense and Sensibility

“If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.”

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Jane Austen buch Mansfield Park

Quelle: Mansfield Park

“The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.”

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Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

“I should infinitely prefer a book…”

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Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

“Evil to some is always good to others”

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Jane Austen buch Emma

Quelle: Emma

“It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.”

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Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

“…but then I am unlike other people I dare say.”

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Jane Austen buch Mansfield Park

Quelle: Mansfield Park

“I will not say that your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive.”

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Jane Austen

Letter to Cassandra (1811-05-31) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters
Quelle: Jane Austen's Letters

“A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.”

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Jane Austen buch Die Abtei von Northanger

Quelle: Northanger Abbey

“A young woman in love always looks like Patience on a monument Smiling at Grief.”

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Jane Austen buch Die Abtei von Northanger

Quelle: Northanger Abbey

“she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly.”

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Jane Austen buch Überredung

Quelle: Persuasion

“The power of doing any thing with quickness is always much prized by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. - Mr Darcy”

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Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

“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.”

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Jane Austen buch Emma

Emma (1815)
Works, Emma

“It requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.”

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Jane Austen buch Die Abtei von Northanger

Quelle: Northanger Abbey