Jane Austen Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817
Birthday: December 16
Death: July 18
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.
source: 'Emma' (1816) ch. 36 (Mrs Elton)
topic: Cities, Sound, Birmingham, Great Cities, Great Hope
