The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen by Dominique Enright

The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen by Dominique Enright

Author:Dominique Enright
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781843176848
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Published: 2011-05-09T00:00:00+00:00


But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.

MANSFIELD PARK, 1814

‘Pray, my dear aunt, what is the difference in matrimonial affairs, between the mercenary and the prudent motive? Where does discretion end, and avarice begin?’

ELIZABETH BENNET, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, 1813

‘She is not the first girl who has gone to the East Indies for a husband, and I declare I should think it very good fun if I were as poor.’

CAMILLA, CATHARINE, 1792



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