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 depiction of Ladislaw--that she fell in love with her own creation in a way that shows a lack of artistic control and is even unseemly, like a hoary movie director whose lens lingers too long on… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share
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
