A gifted novelist and a feminist trailblazer, Jane Austen was also an uncommonly wise observer of everyday life. Despite being written two centuries ago, her novels have accordingly remained relevant, clarifying what is at stake in the timeless clash between romance and responsibility. With illustrations by Polly Fern, this collection of quotations taken from Austen's works includes witticisms on love and marriage, the battle of the sexes, town and country: "Man has the advantage of choice, woman only the power of refusal."