Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is… — Jane Austen
Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Emma · 1816
★ 2.2Provenance
Current citation
Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.
Original citation
Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 2, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 8.