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I would always rather be happy than dignified. — Charlotte Bronte

Novel · Coming of age story

I would always rather be happy than dignified.

Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography · 1847
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Topic
HappinessDignity
Genre
Coming of age story
Medium
Novel
Time
1847
Person
Charlotte Bronte
Provenance
Current citation
Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Penguin Classics, 2006, ch. 34.
Original citation
Brontë, Charlotte, [published as Currer Bell]. Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. Vol. 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1847, ch. 34.

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