My beloved Laura” (said she to me a few Hours before she…

The difficulty with poetry is that it doesn't have the life that Shakespeare or Jane Austen have beyond the page. You can't make a…

— Simon Schama

Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.

— Andrew Davies

“The celestial brightness of Pride and Prejudice is unequalled even in Jane Austen's other work; after a life of much disappointment and grief, in…

— Elizabeth Jenkins

“The milk of human kindness was kept often in the larder, and the tea served with lemon.”

— John Halperin

“Whenever you are transplanted, like me, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with anything at all like what one has…

— Jane Austen

“[Jane] Austen was not a novelist for nothing: she knew that our stories are what make us human, and that listening to someone else's…

— William Deresiewicz

“You know, somewhere a Jane Austen angel just lost her wings over you saying that.”

— Nichole Van

“The heart is a strange thing," Evelyn said, staring off into space. "It can be broken easily and takes a long time to mend,…

— Sarah Holman

“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” (Jane Austen)”

— Jane Austen

I grew up on Jane Austen novels and was a massive literature fanatic when I was a kid - I read everything I could…

— Georgia King

“At last, the details finally settled, Abbey found herself coming to terms with the inevitable: the whole lot of them would go to Cape…

— Emily Ann Benedict

“As he talked, I watched Emma and wondered what is to become of her. She is of an age to be married but she…

— Amanda Grange

“I don't approve of surprises. The pleasure is never enhanced and the inconvenience is considerable.”

— George Knightley

“Before the house-maid had lit the fire the next day, or the sun gained any power over the cold, gloomy morning in January, Marianne,…

— Jane Austen

“Your powers of observation are formidable," Michael says and Darien giggles behind one perfectly manicured hand, like some sort of preppie geisha.”

— Stephanie Wardrop