Marrying without affection

“‘Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.'”

Jane to Lizzy on her engagement to Darcy, a quote which no doubt echoes Austen’s own thoughts (and sounds very much like her advice to her niece, Fanny)
Pride and Prejudice, volume 3, chapter 17

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