Jane Austen Quotes
Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. T. Egerton, 1811.
Although a member of the same party, Thatcher was his implacable enemy. When he had been the sitting Conservative Prime Minister, Thatcher hade led a successful movement to have him unseated by the party. In the British system even though the voters had elected a party with its candidate for Prime Minister, the winning party can change the Prime Minister at any time. Although this is not usual, this is what happened to Heath. After serving three terms, Thatcher herself was unseated by a Conservative Party faction led by John Major, and Heath expressed his emotion at the news. Heath had so despised Thatcher that he refused to serve in any way in her cabinet, unusual in the British system where former Prime Ministers often serve in Parliament and later may serve as cabinet ministers to another prime minister.
Jane Austen 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, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike.
