Austen Quote by Bertrand Russell

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly the case, and every housemaid expects at least once…

— Bertrand Russell

“Jane Austen had created six heroines, each quite different, and that gave Charlotte courage. There wasn't just one kind of woman to be.”

— Shannon Hale

“Jane Austen never repeats herself.”

— Mary Lascelles

All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance…

— Tamsin Egerton

Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen.

— Mark Haddon

Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourites.

— Claudia Winkleman

“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

“How to explain the sheer tingling joy one experiences when two interesting, complex, and occasionally aggravating characters have at last settled their misunderstandings and…

— Margaret C. Sullivan

I've always loved Jane Austen's writing.

— Lily Collins

“I cannot imagine a world in which one can read Jane Austen only once.”

— Laurie Viera Rigler

Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard…

— Julie Walters