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The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen: Quotes From Her Novels, Letters, and Diaries
This book brings together the famous novelist's sharpest, most profound and amusing observations on men, women, marriage, money, life and society.
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
October 1st 2008
by Ulysses Press
(first published January 1st 1997)
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This book is broken down into chapters, e.g., history, balls, fashion, marriage, finance, family. Enright introduces each chapter with some information on that subject. She also gives bits of history about Austen's life to help the reader understand where Austen was coming from. I recognized many quotes while reading, either from her novels or some of her personal letters which I'd found particularly funny. I learned new things from this book too. For instance, Ralph Waldo Emerson (who I used to...more
I was mainly interested in reading this for the little tidbits from letters Jane wrote to her sister Cassandra. Oh Jane, I wish we could have been friends.
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Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.
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