For a moment the dark and fearsomely sad thoughts which inhabit her mind grow even sadder and darker

Anonymous
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In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Austen writes a line that embodies that feeling of sadness that can be caused by depression. In this scene, Elizabeth has just been told that the man she has loved for so long is married to another woman. All of her thoughts become darker and more gloomy at the thought of losing him.

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