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I declare, after all, there is no enjoyment like reading!

— Jane Austen

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Miss Bingley says this while trying to attract Darcy’s attention. The surrounding scene is ironic: she soon puts her book aside. It is a character’s dialogue, not a direct statement of Austen’s personal opinion.

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Source: Pride and Prejudice , Chapter XI

Edition: English electronic text

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