The difficulty with poetry is that it doesn't have the life that Shakespeare or Jane Austen have beyond the page. You can't… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
“The celestial brightness of Pride and Prejudice is unequalled even in Jane Austen's other work; after a life of much disappointment and… — Elizabeth Jenkins Copy Share Image
“The milk of human kindness was kept often in the larder, and the tea served with lemon.” — John Halperin Copy Share Image
“Whenever you are transplanted, like me, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with anything at all like what… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“[Jane] Austen was not a novelist for nothing: she knew that our stories are what make us human, and that listening to… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
“The heart is a strange thing," Evelyn said, staring off into space. "It can be broken easily and takes a long time… — Sarah Holman Copy Share Image
“At last, the details finally settled, Abbey found herself coming to terms with the inevitable: the whole lot of them would go… — Emily Ann Benedict Copy Share Image
“As he talked, I watched Emma and wondered what is to become of her. She is of an age to be married… — Amanda Grange Copy Share Image
“I don't approve of surprises. The pleasure is never enhanced and the inconvenience is considerable.” — George Knightley Copy Share Image
“Before the house-maid had lit the fire the next day, or the sun gained any power over the cold, gloomy morning in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Your powers of observation are formidable," Michael says and Darien giggles behind one perfectly manicured hand, like some sort of preppie geisha.” — Stephanie Wardrop Copy Share Image
“I lost the letter in rather embarrassing circumstances. We were to dine at Parramatta Government House that same evening, and Peter had… — Jennifer Paynter Copy Share Image
“I felt my mouth go dry, my throat constrict. What possible interpretation could Peter place on those words, other than that they… — Jennifer Paynter Copy Share Image
“Tonight, however, Dickens struck him in a different light. Beneath the author’s sentimental pity for the weak and helpless, he could discern… — Margaret Irwin Copy Share Image
“Charlotte Palmer is no sillier than Harriet Smith; and yet, how intolerable we should find it to see and hear as much… — Mary Lascelles Copy Share Image
No highbrow literary type would ever say 'Moby Dick' is good but it's just about a whale, or a Jane Austen would… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“(Golden Globe acceptance speech in the style of Jane Austen's letters ): "Four A.M. Having just returned from an evening at the… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
“How unfortunate, considering I have decided to loathe him for eternity” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“A simple creature unlettyrde. Julian of Norwich called herself. The most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.… — David Markson Copy Share Image
“Može li iko upoznati nečiju narav u Batu, ili na kojem drugom javnom mestu... Sve je to ništavno; ne može se tako… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a… — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
What I'd love to do would be to bring a person from the past to me. In that case I'd pick Jane… — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
“In Jane Austen it was the critical faculty that would not be quieted; and that faculty in her, played on men and… — Mary Lascelles Copy Share Image
