One of this author's characters observes that "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." A woman tries to sneak away from a man making her translate a concert program from Italian in one of this author's novels, in which the amusingly-named Charles Hayter gets engaged to his cousin. This author wrote that "I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the tro
One of this author's characters observes that "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." A woman tries to sneak away from a man making her translate a concert program from Italian in one of this author's novels, in which the amusingly-named Charles Hayter gets engaged to his cousin. This author wrote that "I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal" in a letter to her (*) sister Cassandra. At the start of a novel by this author, dire economic circumstances force a family to rent Kellynch Hall to the Crofts, bringing Captain Wentworth back into the life of Anne Elliott. Robert Martin gets initially rejected by Harriet Smith on the advice of the title character of another novel by this author, who ends up with her much older neighbor George Knightley. For 10 points, name this author of Persuasion and Emma.
One of this author's characters observes that "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
Jane Austen