Monday, November 04, 2013
Novels
Jane Austen (1775-1819), Northanger Abbey, chapter XIV:
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"But you never read novels, I dare say?"
"Why not?"
"Because they are not clever enough for you—gentlemen read better books."
"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
