Category: Author Jane Austen

Mrs. Jennings wrote to tell the wonderful tale, to vent her honest indignation against the jilting girl, and pour forth her compassion towards poor Mr. Edward, who, she was sure, had quite doted upon the worthless hussy… Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility 2 I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy. Jane Austen Pride and…

the history; that was the glory of Miss Jane Austen Emma 0 Elizabeth, after slightly surveying it, went to a window to enjoy its prospect. The hill, crowned with wood, which they had descended, receiving increased abruptness from the distance, was a beautiful object. Every disposition of the ground was good; and she looked on…

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken. Jane Austen Emma 885 Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 833 There is, I believe, in every disposition a…

He then went away, and Miss Bingley was left to all the satisfaction of having forced him to say what gave no one any pain but herself. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 oigo mencionarlos con mucha Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 Una giovane signora…

Mr. Elton was the very person fixed on by Emma for driving the young farmer out of Harriet’s head. She thought it would be an excellent match; and only too palpably desirable, natural, and probable, for her to have much merit in planning it. She feared it was what every body else must think of…

Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility 266 It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the…

The anxiety, which in this state of their attachment must be the portion of Henry and Catherine, and of all who loved either, as to its final event, can hardly extend, I fear, to the bosom of my readers, who will see in the tell-tale compression of the pages before them, that we are all…

Darcy, “of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.” “My fingers,” said Elizabeth, “do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women’s do. They have not the same…

Ele assegurou-lhe de que a amava e pediu em troca aquele coração que talvez soubesse tão bem quanto ela que já lhe pertencia. Pois, embora Henry agora gostasse de verdade de Catherine, embora se deliciasse com todas as qualidades de sua personalidade e de fato adorasse sua companhia, devo confessar que sua afeição tivera origem…

Elinor, for shame!” said Marianne, “money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond a competence, it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned. Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility 9 Encouraged by this to a further examination of his opinions, she proceeded to question him…