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“The visible structure of Jane Austen's stories may be flimsy enough; but their foundations drive deep down into the basic principles of human conduct.…

— David Cecil

“[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

“Sympathy compounded of liking and compassion in varying proportions evidently seemed to Jane Austen the most natural inventive to imaginative interest in a character.”

— Mary Lascelles

“Miss Austen’s novels … seem to me vulgar in tone, sterile in artistic invention, imprisoned in the wretched conventions of English society, without genius,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Jane austen says: a heroine has pride despite her imperfections.”

— Patrice Hannon

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." Jane Austen in 'Emma”

— Jane Austen

“Austen's works have endured because she had a superb narrative technique and a gift for creating characters who feel as real as life itself.…

— Syrie James

“All Jane Austen novels have a common storyline: an attractive and virtuous young woman surmounts difficulties to achieve marriage to the man of her…

— P.D. James

Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or mayhem.

— Ronald Blythe

“Did Jane Austen ruin lives by giving people false expectations about love? Were her heroes just too good to be true? Could a real…

— Victoria Connelly

“Today we are less accustomed to look for universal norms in what we read ... partly because we tend to see life, and therefore…

— Susannah Carson

“It is a truth universally acknowledged....well, in this crowd, I believe we can depend on our fellow bookies to fill in the rest. Thank…

— Jane Austen