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One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. — Jane Austen

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One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Jane Austen
Emma · 1816
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Topic
Gender relationsMen and women
Medium
Novel
Time
1816
Person
Jane Austen
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Current citation
Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 9.
Original citation
Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 9.

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