Till this moment, I never knew myself.
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice
Wisdom & life
“Till this moment, I never knew myself.”
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Work
- Pride and Prejudice
- Year
- 1813
- Chapter / part
- Chapter XXXVI
- Length
- 7 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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