200th anniversary of Jane Austen
Jul 18, 2017
It is a truth universally acknowledged.... that we still love Jane Austen
Today is the anniversary of Jane Austen's death, at the age of 41, in 1817. Her books, and their TV and film adaptations, remain immensely popular because people still feel connected to her characters and stories.
The settings may be the glamorous Regency period, but the passions and flaws of her characters and their situations have timeless appeal.
Some favourite Austen quotes:
- The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
- I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
- A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
- One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
- If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
- To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
- For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
- Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
- Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Read more about why her works still resonate here
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