Jane Austen quotes
1775–1817 · Steventon, Hampshire, England
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- Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (first edition, four volumes), 1818 · Persuasion, volume IV of the set, chapter XI, p. 269
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- Internet Archive (University of Illinois scan of the first edition, London: John Murray, 1818)
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- Emma (first edition, three volumes), 1816 · Volume III, chapter XIII, p. 249
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- Internet Archive (scan of the first edition, London: printed for John Murray, 1816)
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- Emma (first edition, three volumes), 1816 · Volume I, chapter VIII, p. 132
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- Internet Archive (scan of the first edition, London: printed for John Murray, 1816)
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
- Source
- Emma (first edition, three volumes), 1816 · Volume I, chapter IX, p. 171
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…I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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- Pride and Prejudice (first edition, three volumes), 1813 · Volume I, chapter V, p. 40 (page number counted, see private note)
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- Internet Archive (University of Alberta copy of the first edition, London: printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813)
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- Pride and Prejudice (first edition, three volumes), 1813 · Volume I, chapter I, p. 1
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- Internet Archive (University of Alberta copy of the first edition, London: printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813)