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A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are hands and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word, for they were in general very plain, and Catherine, for many years of her life, as plain as any. - P11

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Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution. She had three sons before Catherine was born; and instead of dying in bringing the latter into the world, as anybody might expect, she still lived on--lived to have six children more--to see them growing up around her, and to enjoy enjoy excellent health herself.
- P11

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Her father was a clergyman, without being neglected, or poor, and a very respectable man, though his name was Richard--and he had never been handsome. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters.
- P11

[오늘의 한문장] 노생거 사원 Northanger Abbey

CHAPTER 1

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her.
- P11

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■ 저자 소개

제인 오스틴(Jane Austen,1775년 12월 16일 ~ 1817년 7월 18일)은 유명한 영국의 소설가입니다. 섬세한 시선과 재치 있는 문체로 18세기 영국 중상류층 여성들의 삶을 다루는 것이 특징입니다. 생전에는 그리 유명하지 않았으나, 20세기에 들어와서는 작품 중 <<오만과 편견>>, <<이성과 감성>> 등은 여러 번 영화화 되는 등 인기를 끌고 있습니다.
- P3