I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but no one with such justice.
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice
Love & longing
“I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people…”
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Work
- Pride and Prejudice
- Year
- 1813
- Chapter / part
- Chapter LX
- Length
- 21 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #1342
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