"She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

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About Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist known for works such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. Her novels examine class, marriage, and social conventions in late 18th- and early 19th-century England. She remains one of the most influential writers in English literature.

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