--- title: "3 Austen Quotes By Susannah Carson" description: "3 Austen quotes by Susannah Carson. Plus more from Susannah Carson and more Austen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/susannah-carson-85782_books_many-of-jane-austen-s-admirers-it-is-tru_429458.jpg" --- > [“Many of Jane Austen's admirers, it is true, read her novels as a means of escape into a cozy sort of Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-carson/many-of-jane-austen-s-admirers-it-is-true-read-her-novels-as-a-means/) Susannah Carson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/susannah-carson-85782_books_many-of-jane-austen-s-admirers-it-is-tru_429458.jpg) > [“Nor do we need such a great deal of ingenuity to see that all, or nearly all, the great issues in human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-carson/nor-do-we-need-such-a-great-deal-of-ingenuity-to-see-that-all-or/) Susannah Carson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/susannah-carson-85782_human-life_nor-do-we-need-such-a-great-deal-of-inge_939864.jpg) > [“Today we are less accustomed to look for universal norms in what we read ... partly because we tend to see life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-carson/today-we-are-less-accustomed-to-look-for-universal-norms-in-what-we/) Susannah Carson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/susannah-carson-85782_books_today-we-are-less-accustomed-to-look-for_1448286.jpg) ## Other authors on Austen ## More by Susannah Carson > [“Many of Jane Austen's admirers, it is true, read her novels as a means of escape into a cozy sort of Old English nirvana,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-carson/many-of-jane-austen-s-admirers-it-is-true-read-her-novels-as-a-means/) Susannah Carson > [“Nor do we need such a great deal of ingenuity to see that all, or nearly all, the great issues in human life make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-carson/nor-do-we-need-such-a-great-deal-of-ingenuity-to-see-that-all-or/) Susannah Carson > [“Today we are less accustomed to look for universal norms in what we read ... partly because we tend to see life, and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-carson/today-we-are-less-accustomed-to-look-for-universal-norms-in-what-we/) Susannah Carson ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/austen/susannah-carson/#itemlist", "name": "3 Austen Quotes By Susannah Carson", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Many of Jane Austen's admirers, it is true, read her novels as a means of escape into a cozy sort of Old English nirvana, but they find this escape in her pages only because, as E. 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