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Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character vanity of person and of situation.

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
Persuasion
Vanity
Beginning
Situation
Ends
Character
Elliot
Persons
Valet
Person
Walter

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