Jane Austen
Who is Jane Austen
Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.
With the publication of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), she achieved modest success but only little f...
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Jane Austen Poems
- Ode à La Pitié
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Toujours songeur, je suis ravi de marcher
Les chemins d'honneur et Myrtle Grove
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- Ode An Mitleid
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Immer nachdenklich, ich freue mich zu treten
Die Wege der Ehre und der Myrtenhain
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- Oda A La Piedad
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Siempre reflexionando, me deleito en pisar
Los caminos del honor y Myrtle Grove
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- J'ai Une Douleur Dans Ma Tête
'J'ai mal à la tête'
Dit le Beckford souffrant;
Pour son docteur si effrayé.
'Oh! que dois-je prendre pour?
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- Ich Habe Kopfschmerzen
"Ich habe Kopfschmerzen."
Sagte der leidende Beckford;
Zu ihrem Doktor so gefürchtet.
'Oh! was soll ich nicht nehmen? '
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Jane Austen Quotes
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Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must be a deficiency of information, or...of something else.
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It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong.
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Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.
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Those who do not complain are never pitied.
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