 | John Wilson Foster - 2006 - 316 pagina’s
...nineteenth century. In fact, The Real Charlotte alludes several times to Austen's famous ironic epigram, 'that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'. Most of the single men in the Irish tale, as in Pride and Prejudice (1813), are in no hurry to get... | |
 | George V. Mann - 2006 - 164 pagina’s
...statement about family affairs. And then there was Jane Austin's beginning in Pride and Prejudice, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good future, must be in want of a wife." Now there was a comment on personal affairs. With the rain coming... | |
 | Knud Haakonssen - 2006 - 668 pagina’s
...beginning ofjane Austen s Pride and Prejudice ('It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'), one realises that this universality is often quite local.36 So when Hume, discussing 'secret powers',... | |
 | Peter FitzSimons - 2007 - 192 pagina’s
...'If a man builds a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to his door.') Self-evident truths It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...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... | |
 | Helmut Kuzmics, Roland Axtmann - 2007 - 388 pagina’s
...soberly analytical, in fact 'sociological' stance, in the guise of an ironic, mildly mocking observation: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...little known the feelings or views of such a man may he on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding... | |
 | Dominic Dodd, Ken Favaro - 2007 - 271 pagina’s
...Imperative. (New York: Free Press, 1994), pp. 227-229. Chapter Four: Whole vs. Parts 1. With apologies to Jane Austen. ("It is a truth universally acknowledged,...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" — Pride and Prejudice.) 2. Under some definitions, the concept of synergy can be the same as horizontal... | |
 | Carrie Bebris - 2004 - 294 pagina’s
...shoulder as I wrote. My editor, Brian Thomsen, for helping me turn an idea into reality. And, of course, Jane Austen. It is a truth universally acknowledged,...possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. — Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 1 Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet... | |
 | Margaret C. Sullivan - 2007 - 232 pagina’s
...was first published and is now widely respected. One of the most famous opening lines in literature, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife," gets the novel off to a rousing start. The heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, is one of five sisters; her father's... | |
 | John Howard Reid - 2007 - 241 pagina’s
...single week). Australian release: 2 January 1941. 12 reels. 10,595 feet. 1171/2 minutes. SYNOPSIS: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." So runs the opening paragraph of Jane Austen's novel which is then dedicated to proving the falsity... | |
 | J. Peder Zane - 2010 - 352 pagina’s
...(ALK 6) (JL 2) (DLod 3) (TM 9) (JR 4) (LDR 3) (GS 7) (52) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813). "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife," reads this novel's famous opening line. This matching of wife to single man — or good fortune —... | |
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. 
