I declare, after all, there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice
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“I declare, after all, there is no enjoyment like reading! How…”
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Work
- Pride and Prejudice
- Year
- 1813
- Chapter / part
- Chapter XI
- Length
- 40 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #1342
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Jane Austen died in 1817, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1813. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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