More from Jane Austen
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Emma (1815)In context- “Lady Susan”, Letter XXXII (1871)
“I pay very little regard,” said Mrs. Grant, “to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.”
Jane Austen on marriage
Mansfield Park (1814), Chapter IV
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