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Pride & Prejudice – page 9

Chapter 1

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single

man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want

of a wife.

However little known the feelings or views of such a

man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this

truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding

families, that he is considered the rightful property of

some one or other of their daughters.

“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day,

“have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

“But it is,” returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been

here, and she told me all about it.”

Mr. Bennet made no answer.

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