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Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Jane Austen

Emma

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Topic

Surprises Debbie Downer

Speaker

John Knightley

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Emma

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 2, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.