Austen's first and last lines

'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'. Pride and Prejudice. The first line from 'Pride and Prejudice' 'No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine'. Northanger Abbey. The first line from 'Northanger Abbey' 'But, in spite of these deficiencies , the wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony, were full answered in the perfect happiness of the union'. Emma. The last line of 'Emma'. 'The family of -------- had long been settled in Sussex'. Sense and Sensibility. The first line of 'Sense and Sensibility'. The family was Dashwood. 'She gloried in being a sailor's wife, but she must pay the tax of quick alarm for belonging to that profession, which is, if possible more distinguished in its domestic virtues than in its national importance'. Persuasion. The last line of 'Persuasion'. 'About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds had he good luck to captivate Sir ------ -------, of --------- ----'. Mansfield Park. The first line of 'Mansfield Park'. Miss Maria Ward captivated Sir Thomas Bertram. 'Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up a book but the Baronetage'. Persuasion. The first line of 'Persuasion', Austen's last published book. 'And they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who, by bringing her into Derbyshire, had been the means of uniting them'. Pride and Prejudice. The last line of 'Pride and Prejudice', my favourite Austen book. 'Though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other, they could live without disagreement between themselves, or producing coolness between their husbands'. Sense and Sensibility. '---- ---------, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence'. Emma.