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It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Women
Incomprehensible
Ever
Jane
Always
Offer
Men
Refuse
Inspiring
Offers
Marriage
Woman

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