Jane Austen: Quotes and Facts

“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”

“A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.” 

“A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of” 

“A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.” 

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” 

“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” 

“A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.” 

“A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other. ”

Jane Austen was mostly educated at home, where she learned how to play the piano, draw and write creatively.

In her lifetime Jane Austen completed six novels, including Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion. Four of them were published before her death.

The first film adaptation of Jane Austen novel was in 1940.

According to her niece, Jane Austen always wore a cap.

Jane Austen's first book was published when she was 36 years old.

Jane Austen's sister Cassandra lived to age 72 and never married.

After Jane Austen died, her sister Cassandra burned several of her letters that contained very private and potentially embarrassing information about her sister.

During her life she earned about £684.13 in total from her writing.

There are 14 kisses in Jane Austen’s novels: four are between women, four are men kissing women’s hands, two are women kissing children, three involve lip contact between men and women and one is a man kissing a severed lock of hair.