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Mar 20, 2014 · ‘Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through and see those whom one loves come through.’ – E. M. Forster ‘One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.’ – Jane Austen
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Nov 18, 2019 · As the daughter of a clergyman and the sister to two more, it is no wonder that Austen voiced her opinion on the subject in her novels. From left to right: George Austen (Jane’s father), ca 1764, his eldest son James, ca 1795, and his 4th son Henry, ca 1820. All artists unknown.
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Dec 15, 2017 · “You must be the best judge of your own happiness.” ~ Emma by Jane Austen “I would always rather be happy than dignified.” ~ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Cheerfulness and content are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of youthful looks, depend upon it. ~ Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
Nov 1, 2016 · Here are 30 great quotes about happiness from authors and poets [gathered by Regina Kenney]. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land…
Austen met Cassandra Leigh while he was a student at Oxford. They married on 26 April 1764 and began their married life living in the rectory at Deane; in 1771 they moved to Steventon Parsonage, the birthplace of their daughter Jane. They had eight children: James Austen (1765–1819) George Austen (1766–1838) Edward Austen Knight (1767–1852)
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 14. Austen’s descriptions of the pompous and conceited Mr. Collins, as she savagely satirizes the ridiculous clergyman, are almost mockeries. A good example is in this passage where Mr. Bennet derives much amusement from observing his absurd cousin’s manners and way of going on during a visit to Longbourn.
Dec 6, 2023 · There is, perhaps, nothing more enigmatic than Jane Austen’s view of the clergy if we consider how the characters are presented in her novels. Her portrayals and opinions are often less than flattering and, in many cases, beg the question of what her true feelings about the life of a clergyman may have been.
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