Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her.

“How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

Can I speak plainer? Do not consider me now as an elegant female, intending to plague you, but as a rational creature, speaking the truth from her heart.”

‘violently in love’

His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes.