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On this day in history… 1813: Jane Austin publishes Pride and Prejudice. Lizzy’s rejection of Darcy’s first proposal was because while he admits to loving her, he also says many insulting things about her family and social position. Darcy makes clear “his sense of her inferiority, of its being a degradation, of the family obstacle, whichContinue reading “#2”