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\u201cA large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Mansfield Park<\/em> (1814) Vol. II, London: T. Egerton, p. 84; online via University of Illinois & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fictional dialogue]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean to be too rich to lament or to feel any thing of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.<\/span> It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it.\u201d (p. 84)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em>, Vol. II (1814) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/mansfieldparknov02aust#page\/84\/mode\/2up<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cEverything nourishes what is strong already.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Pride and Prejudice<\/em> (1813) Vol. I, London: T. Egerton, 1813, p. 98; online via Digital Library of India & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fictional dialogue]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been used to consider poetry as the food <\/em>of love,\u201d said Darcy. \u201cOf a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already.<\/span> But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will start it entirely away.\u201d (p. 98)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, Vol. I (1813) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/JaneAusten-PrideandPrejudice-1sted-1813-vol1\/Jane%20Austen%2C%20Pride%20and%20Prejudice%20%281st%20ed%2C%201813%2C%20vol%201%29#page\/n103\/mode\/2up\/search\/nourishes+what+is+strong<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Pride and Prejudice<\/em> (1813) Vol. I, London: T. Egerton, 1813, p. 122; online via Digital Library of India & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Note<\/em>: This quote appears on the British \u00a310 currency issued in 2017. See ‘Context’ tab for additional details.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 Character \u2018Caroline Bingley\u2019 to \u2018Mr. Darcy\u2019 & others in the room.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAt length, quite exhausted by the attempt to be amused with her own book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, \u201cHow pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! \u2013 When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.\u201d (p. 122)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: An image of Jane Austen and this quote from Pride and Prejudice<\/em> appears on the British \u00a310 note issued in 2017. The choice of the seemingly-innocuous quote wasn\u2019t a popular choice with Austen fans. In Austen\u2019s novel, the deceitful character Caroline Bingley is only feigning interest in reading while trying to attract Mr. Darcy, her love interest.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, Vol. I (1813) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/JaneAusten-PrideandPrejudice-1sted-1813-vol1\/Jane%20Austen%2C%20Pride%20and%20Prejudice%20%281st%20ed%2C%201813%2C%20vol%201%29#page\/n127\/mode\/2up\/search\/enjoyment+like+reading<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Letter to sister Cassandra Austen (24 December 1798) Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, ed. Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (Lord Brabourne), Vol. I, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1884, Letter XIV, p. 184; online via Boston Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Letter to sister Cassandra Austen]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI returned from Manydown this morning, and found my mother certainly in no respect worse than when I left her. She does not like the cold weather, but that we cannot help. I spent my time very quietly and very pleasantly with Catherine. Miss Blackford is agreeable enough. I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.\u201d (p. 184)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e58fd6-2fd5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, Vol. I (1884) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/lettersofjaneaus01aust#page\/184\/mode\/2up\/search\/+to+be+very+agreeable<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977699986-8b05b07e-6c10″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI<\/strong>ndulge our imagination in every possible flight.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Pride and Prejudice<\/em> (1813) Vol. III, London: T. Egerton, p. 310; online via Digital Library of India & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977700170-d9d52126-989e”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction – character \u2018Elizabeth\u2019 writing to \u2018Mrs. Gardiner\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have thanked you before, my dear aunt, as I ought to have done, for your long, kind, satisfactory, detail of particulars; but to say the truth, I was too cross to write. You supposed more than really existed. But now suppose as much as you choose; give a loose to your fancy, indulge your imagination in every possible flight which the subject will afford, and unless you believe me actually married, you cannot greatly err.\u201d (pp. 309-310)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977700274-9107b2ff-7817″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, Vol. I (1813) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/JaneAusten-PrideandPrejudice-1sted-1813-vol3\/Jane%20Austen%2C%20Pride%20and%20Prejudice%20%281st%20ed%2C%201813%2C%20vol%203%29#page\/n315\/mode\/2up\/search\/every+possible+flight<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977700516-a4bbaadc-983a”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Pride and Prejudice<\/em> (1813) Vol. I, London: T. Egerton, 1813, p. 1; online via Digital Library of India & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977700788-7fc55765-2774″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction – first lines of novel]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.\u201d However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.\u201d (p. 1)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977700934-183c0663-956e”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, Vol. I (1813) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/JaneAusten-PrideandPrejudice-1sted-1813-vol1\/Jane%20Austen%2C%20Pride%20and%20Prejudice%20%281st%20ed%2C%201813%2C%20vol%201%29#page\/n7\/mode\/2up\/search\/truth+universally<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977697742-b6f99d5c-ba22″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cKnow your own happiness. You want nothing but patience \u2013 or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Sense and Sensibility<\/em> (1811) Vol. I, p. 241; online via University of Illinois & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1525977697830-31ac7f61-1a39″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

Austen\u2019s quote is often cited by modern sources with edited punctuation and the word \u201cyou\u201d omitted from the text:<\/p>\n

Austen’s original text<\/span>: \u201cKnow your own happiness. You want nothing but patience \u2013 or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Misquote<\/em><\/span>: \u201cKnow your own happiness. Want nothing but patience \u2013 or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977697924-4c0ac7f4-b366″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fictional dialogue – character \u2018Mrs. Dashwood\u2019 to \u2018Edward\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cCome, come; this is all an effusion of immediate want of spirits, Edward. You are in a melancholy humour, and fancy that any one unlike yourself must be happy. But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience \u2013 or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.<\/span>\u201d (p. 241)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977698014-1e7c5108-5a74″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Sense and Sensibility<\/em>, Vol. I (1811) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/sensesensibility01aust#page\/240\/mode\/2up\/search\/know+your+own+happiness<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977698224-0c3e531e-0778″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cMy courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Pride and Prejudice<\/em> (1813) Vol. II, London: T. Egerton, 1813, p. 91; online via Oxford University & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977698450-26f8f5b9-f3b0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fictional dialogue \u2013 \u2018Elizabeth\u2019 to \u2018Mr. Darcy\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean to frighten me, Mr. Darcy, by coming in all this state to hear me? But I will not be alarmed though your sister does play so well. There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.\u201d (p. 91)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977698580-700c5f97-be0f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, Vol. II (1813) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/prideandprejudi00sensgoog#page\/n98\/mode\/2up\/search\/my+courage+always+rises<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977742734-15d86dab-6e26″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cPictures of perfection\u2026make me sick and wicked.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Letter to her niece Fanny (23 March 1816) Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, ed. Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (Lord Brabourne), Vol. II, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1884, Letter LXXXIV, p. 300; online via Boston Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977743122-0eb7b47b-1d52″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Referencing \u2018Mr. W\u2019 in a letter to her niece, Fanny Knight]:<\/p>\n

\u201cPictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked; but there is some very good sense in what he says, and I particularly respect him for wishing to think well of all young ladies; it shows an amiable and a delicate mind. And he deserves better treatment than to be obliged to read any more of my works.\u201d (p. 300)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977743340-76f990df-945a”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, Vol. II (1884) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/lettersofjaneaus02aust#page\/300\/mode\/2up\/search\/pictures+of+perfection<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977743820-bcdb99aa-bc5a”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThere is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Emma<\/em> (December 1815) Vol. II, London: John Murray, 1816, p. 252; online via University of Illinois & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977744418-1e962639-6d2a”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction = Narrator (Emma)]:<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch expressions, assisted as they were by every thing that look and manner could do, made Emma feel that she had never loved Harriet so well, nor valued her affection so highly before.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThere is no charm equal to tenderness of the heart,\u201d said she afterwards to herself \u201cThere is nothing to be compared to it. Warmth and tenderness of heart, with an affectionate, open manner, will beat all the clearness of head in the world, for attraction.\u201d (p. 252)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977744760-b542c36b-9ed1″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Emma<\/em> (December 1815|1816 John Murray ed.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/emmanovel02aust#page\/252\/mode\/2up\/search\/no+charm+equal<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977738718-d906114a-a76d”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Letter to her niece Fanny (18 November 1814) Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, ed. Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (Lord Brabourne), Vol. II, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1884, Letter LXXX, p. 281; online via Boston Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1525977738838-391b5c7e-4a6f”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Attribution note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

The maxim \u201cwisdom is better than wit<\/span>\u201d was widely used in Austen\u2019s lifetime and is not original to this letter.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977738976-d1f13a85-2d5d”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Letter to niece Fanny Knight]:<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not be frightened from the connection by your brothers having most wit – wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side; and don\u2019t be frightened by the idea of his acting more strictly up to the precepts of the New Testament than others.\u201d (p. 281)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977739134-af322f22-b83c”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, Vol. II (1884) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/lettersofjaneaus02aust#page\/280\/mode\/2up\/search\/long+run+will<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977739508-efec99fe-e42b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWhat dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Letter to sister Cassandra Austen (18 September 1796) Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, ed. Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (Lord Brabourne), Vol. I, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1884, Letter VII, p. 147; online via Boston Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977739960-15c17a97-c8e1″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Letter to sister Cassandra. Casual remark without additional context – full paragraph cited.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.\u201d (p. 147)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977740234-14a877ac-1af8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, Vol. I (1884) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/lettersofjaneaus01aust#page\/146\/mode\/2up\/search\/dreadful+hot+weather<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977735656-ffa49ec7-77a3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cYou deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Jane Austen<\/strong>, English author<\/p>\n

Letter to sister Cassandra Austen (24-25 December 1798) Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, ed. Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (Lord Brabourne), Vol. I, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1884, Letter XIV, p. 189; online via Boston Public Library & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977735898-1502a2af-e76d”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Conclusion of a letter to sister Cassandra Austen \u2013 ellipsis original to text]:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve. \u2026God bless you! Yours affectionately, Jane Austen.\u201d (p. 189)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977736034-061ff4c7-e414″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Letters of Jane Austen<\/em>, Vol. I (1884) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/lettersofjaneaus01aust#page\/188\/mode\/2up\/search\/deserve+a+longer+letter<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525977736356-b481edea-10f4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Jane Austen – Misquote\/paraphrase by another source<\/span><\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201c[L<\/strong>]ife seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Patricia Rozema<\/strong><\/span>, Canadian screenplay author & director<\/p>\n

Paraphrasing original text from author Jane Austen<\/strong>,\u00a0in Mansfield Park<\/em> (19 November 1999) motion picture adaptation of Austen\u2019s 1814 novel of the same name; line spoken by character Fanny Price (actress Frances O\u2019Connor), Los Angeles, CA: Miramax HAL Films (US distribution), 1999; Amazon Prime rental (quoted segment begins 18:23 of 1:08:31video); online via Amazon, www.amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1525977736534-11c803c7-6df3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Re-quote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: [Fictional dialogue \u2013 Jane Austen<\/strong>\u2019s original text]\n

\u201cDinner was soon followed by tea and coffee, a ten miles\u2019 drive home allowed no waste of hours; and from the time of their sitting down to table, it was a quick succession of busy nothings<\/span> till the carriage came to the door, and Mrs. Norris, having fidgeted about, and obtained a few pheasants\u2019 eggs and a cream cheese from the housekeeper, and made abundance of civil speeches ot Mrs. Rushworth, was ready to lead the way.\u201d (p. 217)<\/p>\n[Source<\/em>: Mansfield Park<\/em> (1814) Vol. I, London: T. Egerton, 1814, p. 217; online via University of Illinois & Internet Archive, www.archive.org]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525977736728-8160c24f-c619″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From the 1999 motion picture adaptation by Patricia Rozema<\/strong>. Script transcript via Repeat Right. Please see note below regarding the published text edition of Rozema\u2019s script<\/em>.]:<\/p>\n

FANNY<\/u> (Voice-over) [Image of parson & his wife moving furniture into the parsonage]\n

So there is a new clergyman moved into the parsonage.<\/p>\n

[Fanny \u2013 seated at her writing desk \u2013 speaking directly to the camera]\n

FANNY <\/u><\/p>\n

And…life seems nothing more than a quick succession of busy nothings.<\/span>\u201d (18:19-18:29)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525977736934-315e0a03-f8c5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured source – Patricia Rozema film adaptation\/script]<\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em> (1999) Miramax Films; online via Amazon.com [rental service]: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mansfield-Park-Frances-OConnor\/dp\/B00742H26M\/ref=tmm_aiv_swatch_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=<\/a><\/p>\n

Source <\/em><\/strong>[Patricia Rozema – film adaptation\/script]<\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy – Mansfield Park: A Screenplay<\/em> (2000) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-7868-8603-X<\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Jane Austen – original verse]<\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em>, Vol. I (1814) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/mansfieldparknov01aust#page\/216\/mode\/2up\/search\/busy+nothings<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525979444340-36333097-a1dd”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Jane Austen – Misquote [Paraphrased by another source]<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201cMarriage is indeed a maneuvering business.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Patricia Rozema<\/strong><\/span>, Canadian screenplay author & director<\/p>\n

Paraphrasing original text from author Jane Austen<\/strong>, in Mansfield Park<\/em> (19 November 1999) motion picture adaptation of Austen\u2019s 1814 novel of the same name; line spoken by character Fanny Price (actress Frances O\u2019Connor), Los Angeles, CA: Miramax HAL Films (US distribution), 1999; Amazon Prime rental (quoted segment begins 43:38 of 1:08:31 video); online via Amazon, www.amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1525979444532-4fa73bcd-fb6d”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fictional dialogue \u2013 Jane Austen<\/strong><\/span>\u2019s original text]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAh! You have been in a bad school for matrimony<\/span><\/strong>, in Hill Street.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy poor aunt had certainly little cause to love the state; but, however, speaking from my own observation, it is a man\u0153uvering business<\/span><\/strong>. I know so many who are married I the full expectation and confidence of some one particular advantage in the connection, or accomplishment or good quality in the person, who have found themselves entirely deceived, and been obliged to put up with exactly the reverse!\u201d (p. 93)<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park<\/em> (1814) Vol. I, London: T. Egerton, 1814, p. 93; online via Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

Re-quote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The quote featured here – and frequently credited directly to Austen – is from the 1999 motion picture script adaptation of Austen’s Mansfield Park<\/em> by Patricia Rozema<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bride was elegantly dressed and the two bridesmaids were duly inferior. Her mother stood with salts, expecting to be agitated, and her aunt tried to cry. Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525979444766-0c692c2f-442b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From the 1999 motion picture adaptation by Patricia Rozema<\/strong>. Script transcript via Repeat Right. Please see note below regarding the published text edition of Rozema\u2019s script<\/em>.<\/span>]:<\/p>\n

“FANNY (Narration\/voice-over)<\/p>\n

The bridge was elegantly<\/em> dressed and the two bridesmaids were duly inferior.<\/p>\n

Cut to: Lady Bertram (the bride\u2019s mother) looking tired.<\/em><\/p>\n

FANNY (Narration\/voice-over)<\/p>\n

Her mother stood with salts in her hand, expecting to be agitated,<\/p>\n

Cut to: Mrs. Norris (the bride\u2019s aunt)<\/em>, wincing and dabbing her eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

FANNY (Voice-over, cont.\u2019d)<\/p>\n

…and her aunt tried to cry.<\/p>\n

Cut to: Fanny \u2013 seated at her desk, with writing quill in hand<\/em><\/p>\n

FANNY (direct to camera)<\/p>\n

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: While the quoted line does appear in the 1999 Miramax motion picture adaptation of Mansfield Park<\/em>, it notably does NOT<\/u> appear in the Miramax Books edition of the Patricia Rozema\u2019s screenplay script. While the lines proceeding it are included in the book edition we viewed, the scene ends without mentioning the camera view of Fanny or the \u201cMarriage is indeed a maneuvering business\u201d line.<\/p>\n

Excerpt from the print edition of Mansfield Park: A Screenplay<\/em> (2000). \u201cFinal Shooting Script,\u201d first edition:<\/p>\n

FANNY (Voice-over)<\/p>\n

The bridge was elegantly dressed and the two bridesmaids were duly inferior.<\/p>\n

Cut to: Lady Bertram looking tired.<\/em><\/p>\n

FANNY (Voice-over)<\/p>\n

Her mother stood with salts in her hand, expecting to be agitated…<\/p>\n

Cut to: Mrs. Norris<\/em>.<\/p>\n

FANNY (Voice-over, cont.\u2019d)<\/p>\n

…and her aunt tried to cry. (Scene 74 \u2013 \u201cInt. Church \u2013 Day,\u201d p. 70)<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Patricia Rozema, Canadian screenplay author & director, Mansfield Park: A Screenplay<\/em>, Miramax Books, April 2000, p. 70]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525979444996-63dcbd68-65e9″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Patricia Rozema film adaptation – Featured source]<\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em> (1999) Miramax Films; online via Amazon.com [rental service]: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mansfield-Park-Frances-OConnor\/dp\/B00742H26M\/ref=tmm_aiv_swatch_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=<\/a><\/p>\n

Source <\/em><\/strong>[Patricia Rozema script, text edition – Source note]<\/span>: Editor’s copy – Mansfield Park: A Screenplay<\/em> (2000) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-7868-8603-X<\/p>\n

Source links<\/em><\/strong> [Jane Austen\u2019s original verse – Re-quote note]<\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em> (1814) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/mansfieldparknov01aust#page\/92\/mode\/2up\/search\/poor+aunt<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525979445528-72425b6e-86ff”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Jane Austen – Misattributed<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy scars remind me that the past is real<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur scars remind us our past was real<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur scars make us know that our past was for real<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Original author<\/strong>(s<\/strong>) unknown<\/strong><\/span> – But it\u2019s not<\/u> Jane Austen<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Austen only began receiving credit for different versions of the \u201cscars\u201d quote in the past few years. Although a few people have attributed the words to her 1813 book Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, we could find no evidence of the quote (or a similar variation) in the original text(s) or reprints.<\/p>\n

A number of more contemporary authors, however, have<\/u> written similar versions of the \u201cscars\u201d quotes that were incorrectly linked to Austen. Please see the \u2018Misquote\u2019 tab for a few examples.<\/p>\n

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Misattribution notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

There are a number of different versions of the “scars-remind-us” quote that date back to at least the 1800s.\u00a0 Several modern versions that have been widely quoted include:<\/p>\n

\u201cScars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Cormac McCarthy<\/strong>, American author, All the Pretty Horses <\/em>(1992) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, June 1997 edition, p. 135<\/p>\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Fiction]: \u201cShe watched him, not unkindly. She smiled. Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real. The events that cause them can never be forgotten, can they?\u201d (p. 135)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[O<\/strong>]ur scars have the power to remind us that the past was real<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Ted Tally<\/strong><\/span>, American screenwriter, Red Dragon <\/em>(2002) motion picture script adaptation of Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon<\/em>, November 1981; line spoke by character \u2018Hannibal Lecter\u2019 (actor Anthony Hopkins) director Brett Ratner, Los Angeles, CA: Universal Studios; online via Amazon [subscription service] www.amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Motion picture. Character \u2018Hannibal Lecter,\u2019 writing a letter to \u2018Will Graham\u2019]: \u201cWhat a collection of scars you have. Never forget who gave you the best of them, and be grateful; our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[<\/span>O<\/span><\/strong>]<\/span>ur scars remind us that the past is real<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

~ Jacoby Shaddix <\/strong>, lead singer of American band Papa Roach<\/strong>, with David Buckner, Tobin Esperance<\/strong> & Jerry Horton, Jr<\/strong>., \u201cScars\u201d (2005) Getting Away with Murder<\/em> album, Los Angeles, CA: Geffen Records; \u201cScars \u2013 Version 1\u201d (2005) Papa Roach music video; online via Vevo (video \u2013 3:28) imvdb.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Song lyrics \u2013 chorus]:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI tear my heart open, I sew myself shut<\/span><\/p>\n

My weakness is that I care too much<\/span><\/p>\n

And my scars remind me that the past is real<\/span><\/p>\n

I tear my heart open just to feel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525979446556-6c462681-9f37″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source <\/em><\/strong>[1992 \u2013 McCarthy]<\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy – All the Pretty Horses <\/em>(1992 | 1997 Alfred Knopf) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-394-574-74-5<\/p>\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong> [2002 \u2013 Tally]<\/span>: Red Dragon<\/em> (2002) Motion picture \u2013 Rental available online via Amazon.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-Dragon-Anthony-Hopkins\/dp\/B001LX2J22<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong> [2005\u00a0 \u2013 Papa Roach]<\/span>: \u201cScars \u2013 Version 1\u201d (2005) Papa Roach music video; online via Vevo: https:\/\/imvdb.com\/video\/papa-roach\/scars<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525979770392-1fd88e71-3a7c”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Jane Austen – Misattributed<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201c[T<\/strong>]here are as many forms of love as there are moments in time<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Patricia Rozema<\/strong><\/span>, Canadian screenplay author & director<\/p>\n

Mansfield Park<\/em> screenplay (19 November 1999) motion picture adaptation of Austen\u2019s 1814 novel of the same name; line spoken by character ‘Edmund Bertram’ (actor Jonny Lee Miller), Los Angeles, CA: Miramax HAL Films (US distribution), 1999; Amazon Prime rental (quoted segment begins 49:04 of 1:08:31 video); online via Amazon, www.amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1525979770724-c062ef0a-da40″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattibution notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

The Patricia Rozema Mansfield Park<\/em> screenplay quote has been widely \u2013 and incorrectly \u2013 attributed to the original Mansfield park novel author Jane Austen<\/strong><\/span>. Although the 1999 movie Mansfield Park<\/em> was adapted from Austen\u2019s 1814 novel of the same title, the screenplay (script) was altered to accommodate live-performance dialogue, the flow of the story line, etc. The cited line (or a variation of it) does NOT <\/u>appear in Austen\u2019s original Mansfield Park <\/em>manuscripts (volumes 1-3), and to date we have not found a similar line in other Austen manuscripts or letters.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to author & Austen affecionado Deborah Yaffe<\/strong><\/span>, who included this quote in an information 2016 list of Jane Austen misattributions and misquotes. To view Yaffe\u2019s blog and quote list, please see \u201cGetting it wrong, again\u201d (7 March 2016) www.deborahyaffe.com: http:\/\/www.deborahyaffe.com\/blog\/4586114521\/Getting-it-wrong-again\/10577489<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525979771086-953b9a39-e327″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From the 1999 motion picture adaptation by Patricia Rozema<\/strong>. Dialogue between characters \u2018Edmund\u2019 & \u2018Mary,\u2019 as they watch other people dance from the side of a room. Script transcript via Repeat Right. Please see note below regarding the published text edition of Rozema\u2019s script<\/em>.]:<\/p>\n

Mary is standing in the corner of the room and watching Fanny & Edmund talk. Fanny walks away, and Edmund, smiling, watches her. Mary approaches and begins speaking just before she is standing at Edmund\u2019s side<\/em>.]\n

MARY: Edmund. I think you should admit that you are in love with Fanny Price.<\/p>\n

EDMUND: Well, of course I love her. But – there are as many forms of love as there are moments in time<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d (49:04-49:18)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: While the quoted line appears in both the 1999 Miramax motion picture Mansfield Park<\/em> and the 2000 Miramax Books \u201cFinal Shooting Script\u201d edition of Patricia Rozema\u2019s screenplay, the excerpts are not<\/u> exactly the same.<\/p>\n

The corresponding excerpt from the print edition of Mansfield Park: A Screenplay<\/em> (2000). \u201cFinal Shooting Script,\u201d first edition.:<\/p>\n

Mary leans in to whisper something in Edmund\u2019s ear.<\/em><\/p>\n

MARY: I think you should admit you are in love with Fanny Price, Edmund.<\/p>\n

EDMUND: Of course I love her, Mary. (another turn<\/em>) But there are as many forms of love as there are moments in time<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d (p. 79)<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Patricia Rozema, Canadian screenplay author & director, Mansfield Park: A Screenplay<\/em>, Miramax Books, April 2000, p. 79]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525979771462-821b10a3-41d1″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured quote – Patricia Rozema film adaptation]<\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em> (1999) Miramax Films; online via Amazon.com [rental service]: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mansfield-Park-Frances-OConnor\/dp\/B00742H26M\/ref=tmm_aiv_swatch_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=<\/a><\/p>\n

Source <\/em><\/strong>[Source note -Patricia Rozema film adaptation\/script]<\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy – Mansfield Park: A Screenplay<\/em> (2000) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-7868-8603-X<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525979772322-b942108c-7f78″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Jane Austen – Misattributed<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo love is to burn, to be on fire.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Emma Thompson<\/strong><\/span>, English actor & screenplay author<\/p>\n

Sense and Sensibility<\/em> (1995) motion picture based on the novel by Jane Austen, line spoken by character \u2018Marianne Dashwood\u2019, performed by actress Kate Winslet, Director Ang Lee, Columbia Pictures; script text online via The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb), www.imsdb.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1525979772814-45683748-5313″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattibution note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

This quote has been widely \u2013 and incorrectly \u2013 attributed to English author Jane Austen<\/strong><\/span>. Although the 1995 movie Sense and Sensibility<\/em> was adapted from Austen\u2019s 1811 novel of the same title, as with most movies the screenplay (script) was adapted to accommodate live-performance dialogue, the flow of the story line, etc. The cited line does not <\/u>appear in Austen\u2019s original Emma manuscript, and to date we have not found evidence that it appeared in any of Austen\u2019s other novels or letters. The quote should be attributed directly to contemporary screenplay author Emma Thompson<\/span>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525979773424-d2310181-b2d5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Movie screenplay]:<\/p>\n

\u201cMRS. DASHWOOD: Elinor has not your feelings, his reserve suits her.<\/p>\n

[MARIANNE thinks for a little<\/em>]\n

MARIANNE: Can he love her? Can the ardour of the soul really be satisfied with such polite, concealed affections? To love is to burn, to be on fire<\/span>, all made of passion, of adoration, of sacrifice!\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525979774002-cf7242f4-c2a6″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Sense and Sensibility<\/em> (1995 screenplay <\/strong>by Emma Thompson) online via Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb): http:\/\/www.imsdb.com\/scripts\/Sense-and-Sensibility.html<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1525980820702-78ba9b7b-61b6″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Jane Austen – Misquote – Paraphrased by another source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all have guides within us. If only we would listen.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Maggie Wadey<\/strong><\/span>, English playwright & screenwriter<\/p>\n

Mansfield Park <\/em>(2007) Masterpiece Theatre televised film production based on the novel by Jane Austen, line spoken by character ‘Fanny Price’, performed by actress Billie Piper, Director Iain B. MacDonald, Boston: Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) WGBH & Company Pictures; video available online via PBS Masterpiece Theatre, www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/masterpiece<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1525980820972-fc31a054-ece4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattibution & re-quote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

In the 2007 Masterpiece Theatre script adaptation of Mansfield Park<\/em>, screenwriter Maggie Wadey paraphrased author Jane Austen<\/strong><\/span>\u2019s original dialogue between characters Fanny Price and Mr. Crawford:<\/p>\n

Maggie Wadey<\/u> \u2013 Mansfield Park<\/em> televised film (2007<\/strong>) – [Character \u2018Fanny Price,\u2019 speaking to \u2018Mr. Crawford\u2019 during a walk in the garden.]\n

\u201cI can\u2019t guide you. We all have our best guides within us. If only we would listen<\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Jane Austen<\/u> \u2013 Mansfield Park<\/em> novel (1814<\/strong>) \u2013 [Chapter XI. Character \u2018Fanny Price,\u2019 speaking to \u2018Mr. Crawford\u2019 during a walk.]\n

\u201cOh, no! \u2013 do not say so. We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be<\/strong>.<\/span> Good bye; I wish you a pleasant journey to-morrow.\u201d (pp. 221-222)<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park<\/em> (1814) Vol. III, London: T. Egerton, 1814, pp. 221-222; online via University of Illinois & Internet Archive, <\/span>www.archive.org]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1525980821298-26bc1afe-072b”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Movie screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen\u2019s original novel. Character \u2018Fanny Price,\u2019 speaking to \u2018Mr. Crawford\u2019 during a walk in the garden. Transcript – Repeat Right.]\n

Mr. Crawford<\/u> \u2013 I\u2019ve been thinking of you constantly. Have I not proved myself?<\/p>\n

Fanny Price<\/u> \u2013 I just don\u2019t know how to answer you.<\/p>\n

Mr. Crawford<\/u> \u2013 You know<\/em> how to answer me. Just give me some sign, Fanny, no matter how small. Tell me I may look forward to being happy. Help me, Fanny. Guide me.<\/p>\n

Fanny Price<\/u> \u2013 \u201cI can\u2019t guide you. We all have our best guides within us. If only we would listen<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1525980821646-c655b413-ac42″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured quote – Wadey screenplay]<\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em> (2007|U.S. air date 27 January 2008) online via Masterpiece Theatre: http:\/\/mpt-legacy.wgbhdigital.org\/wgbh\/masterpiece\/mansfieldpark\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Jane Austen – original novel]<\/span>: Mansfield Park<\/em>, Vol. III (1815) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/mansfieldparknov03aust#page\/222\/mode\/2up\/search\/attend+to<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

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