Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good — Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

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