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“I declare, after all, there is no enjoyment like reading!
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Miss Bingley says this while trying to attract Darcy’s attention. The surrounding scene is ironic: she soon puts her book aside. It is a character’s dialogue, not a direct statement of Austen’s personal opinion.
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Source: Pride and Prejudice , Chapter XI
Edition: English electronic text
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