Jane Austen 
Pride and Prejudice 

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession ofa good fortune, must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be onhis first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the mindsof the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful propertyof some one or other of their daughters.’My dear Mr. Bennet, ’ said his lady to him one day, ’have you heardthat Netherfield Park is let at last?’Mr. Bennet replied that h