Quote by: Charlotte Bronte

I had not seen "Pride and Prejudice," till I read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what did I find? An accurate daguerreotyped portrait of a common-place face; a carefully fenced, highly cultivated garden, with neat borders and delicate flowers; but no glance of a bright, vivid physiognomy, no open country, no fresh air, no blue hill, no bonny beck. I should hardly like to live with her ladies and gentlemen, in their elegant but confined houses.


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Author Bio


  • NameCharlotte Bronte
  • DescriptionEnglish novelist and poet
  • AliasesCurrer Bell; Charlotte Nicholls
  • BornApril 21, 1816
  • DiedMarch 31, 1855
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Novelist
  • WorksJane Eyre; Villette