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
Read the saying and check its sourcesIt 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
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- Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice · Corpo dell’edizione · paragrafo 141
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