Ocupation: Novelist
Life: December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817
Birthday: December 16
Death: July 18
Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book.
source: Jane Austen (1819). “Pride and Prejudice: A Novel”, p.197
topic: Book, Mind, Female, Dear Sister, Depreciate, Female Mind