Jane Austen Quotes
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. T. Egerton, 1811.
Adams, a great patriot, was a terrible diplomat. He and Franklin were both members of the American mission to France, but Adams detested the French and they sensed that and returned the favor. When the French Foreign Minister was thinking of having Adams recalled, Franklin tried to explain the nature of their relationship. In actuality, it was barely civil, and a 3rd member of the mission, Lee, positively detested Franklin who was one of the best known celebrities in France. No one knew who Lee and Adams were, neither was as eloquent as Franklin and neither had the confidence of the French King and his ministers that Franklin did.
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.
