What are men to rocks and mountains?

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Men Spending time in nature Nature

Speaker

Elizabeth Bennet

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 2, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 4.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 4.

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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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Medium
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Time
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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 3.

Current Citation

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One never goes so far as when one doesn't know
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Exploration Adventure

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Language
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Time
1812 1810s 19th century
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

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Beauty of nature Nature

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Aristotle
Source
On the Parts of Animals
Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Aristotle. Περὶ ζῴων μορίων [Parts of Animals]. c. 350 BC.

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Are you not entertained?

Gladiator

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Entertainment The masses
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Maximus Decimus Meridius
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Russell Crowe
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Medium
Film
Genre
Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama
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Language
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Time
2000 2000s 21st century
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Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.