What literary device does Austen employ in the line, “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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Asked by emilee p #378945 on 7/19/2014 10:51 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 1/17/2016 10:59 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/17/2016 10:59 PM

The author is employing irony in the quote you've cited above.