Who needs contemporary self-benefit gurus when a 19th-century novelist had it all worked out? Fortify yourself for the first Jane Austen day with quotes from her novels – and let us know the ones we have missed
Sarah Seltzer on the link between Jane Austen and online feminism
It’s no longer universally acknowledged that “a single man in possession of a first-rate fortune must be in want of a wife”,but many of Jane Austen’s thoughts on love, relationships, and class,clothes and even the joys of nature are amazingly relevant to contemporary life. nowadays marks the 239th anniversary of the author’s birth, and has also been designated the first ever Jane Austen day – to mark the occasion, and here are some of the best quotes from the novelist and her characters.
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Source: theguardian.com