Thompson believed that Austen was just as comprehensible in a different century, "You don't think people are still concerned with marriage, money, romance, finding a partner?"
”汤普森相信，要理解身处另一个世纪的奥斯汀并不十分困难，“你（难道）不觉得人们仍然会关心婚姻、金钱、浪漫，以及寻找一个伴侣吗？”。