“To Elizabeth it appeared that, had her family made an agreement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There was a numerous family; but the only two grown up, excepting Charles, were Henrietta and Louisa, young ladies of nineteen and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“What a delightful library you have at Pemberley, Mr. Darcy!” “It ought to be good,” he replied, “it has been the work… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“And yet two thousand a year is a very moderate income,” said Marianne. “A family cannot well be maintained on a smaller.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...by a young woman of inferior birth, of no importance in the world, and wholly unallied to the family!” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
If you will thank me '' he replied let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
But your mind is warped by an innate principle of general integrity, and, therefore, not accessible to the cool reasonings of family… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The contempt which she had, very early in their acquaintance, felt for her daughter-in-law, was very much increased by the farther knowledge… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There was that constant communication which strong family affection would dictate; and though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Had Elizabeth's opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these." - Mr. Darcy — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Any difficulties posed by lack of rooms, space or even beds should never be permitted to interfere with the demands of hospitality… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It was some months before Sir Thomas’s consent could be received; but in the mean while, as no one felt a doubt… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image