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Quotation from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

“The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex”

Jane Austen (spoken by Narrator)

Sense and Sensibility, Vol. I, Ch. 1 (1813 text)

Portrait of Jane Austen

The opening sentence, establishing the estate whose loss sets the plot in motion.

Citation: "The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex" — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Vol. I, Ch. 1 (1813 text). (id sense-and-sensibility-q1)

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