Jane Austen a-t-il vraiment dit « I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading » ?

Jane Austen a-t-il vraiment dit « I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading » ?

Trouvé mot pour mot. Oui. Le texte figure dans des œuvres attribuées à Jane Austen. Source et emplacement ci-dessous.

… n book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, "How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen, Chapter 11 · ¶393 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #1342 · source

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