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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Pride and Prejudice

A single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. It is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families that he has considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters. Mr. Bennett's wife sent his lady to him one day, asking: Have you heard that Netherfield Park has led at last? He made no answer; but she told him all about it and asked if he had seen Bingley. "What a fine thing for our girls! How can it affect them?" said Jane Austen.

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