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But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.

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
Looking
Clever
Girl
Ignorant
Cannot
Particularly
Young
Fail
Untoward
Heart
Advantage
Catherine
Mind
Failing
Attracting
Good
Circumstances
Affectionate
Men
Unless
Advantages

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