What's worse

Einar 2022-02-07 14:57:34

To marry the wrong man or to die a lonely old maid?

Jane's big-mouthed niece, Fanny, asks her this question, and she doesn't answer, maybe not at all, or it's too bad to compete. And in this world, there should be far more people who marry someone who shouldn't be married than people who die alone, I think. After all, many people can't stand loneliness. What happened to Jane the night she agreed to Harris Bigg's proposal, so that she went back on it the next day?

Jane said she chose freedom. Really, who knows if the name Jane Austen would be as loud as it is today if she became Mrs Bigg?

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Miss Austen Regrets quotes

  • Fanny Austen-Knight: You like Mr. Haden!

    Jane Austen: He has very good teeth.

  • Mme. Bigeon: [late at night, both in nightgowns; strong French accent] My friend in Paris has read a wonderful new book called 'Raison and Sensibilite'

    Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility?

    Mme. Bigeon: My friend says, whoever the woman is who wrote this book, she knows more about love than anyone else in the world

    Jane Austen: Like someone who can't cook writing a recipe book

    Mme. Bigeon: Passion is for the young. It fades so quickly.

    Jane Austen: [wistfully] Not in our dreams

    Mme. Bigeon: Comfort remains, friendship remains, if you are lucky as I was.

    Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage remains a matter of chance

    Mme. Bigeon: But the fuss we make about who to choose. And love still dies and money still vanishes. And, spinster, lover, wife, every woman has regrets. So we read about your heroines and feel young again. And in love. And full of hope. As if we can make that choice again.

    Jane Austen: And do it right this time

    Mme. Bigeon: This is the gift which God has given you.

    [Jane Austen looks up sharply]

    Mme. Bigeon: It is enough, I think.