Books gave us a way to shape ourselves - to form our thoughts and to signal to each other who we were and who we wanted to be. They were part of our self-fashioning, no less than our clothes. — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
“Eliot was scornful of idle women readers who imagined themselves the heroines of French novels, and of self-regarding folk who saw themselves in the… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
“Some very eminent critics writing in the decades immediately after the novel's publication felt that Eliot failed to maintain sufficient critical distance in her… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
I would have thought that one of the things one should learn from college is that nothing is guaranteed. Even if you study something… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
What's your favorite book?' is a question that is usually only asked by children and banking identity-verification services--and favorite isn't, anyway, the right word… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that. — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
“I could understand the impulse to make the novel more accessible. I want as many people as possible to read The Mill on the… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
“...there are pleasures to be had from books beyond being lightly entertained. There is the pleasure of being challenged; the pleasure of feeling one’s… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
But to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective of, the… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
While the fashion industry may, at least at the top end, be thriving, the notion of fashion itself is becoming more and more meaningless.… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
