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Quotation from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter I
Austen opens with a social axiom whose irony governs the marriage plot.
Citation: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter I. (id pride-and-prejudice-q1)
Portrait: PrideAndPrejudiceTitlePage, Jane Austen (1775-1817), Public domain.
