Books Quote by Jennifer Egan

I love Victorian novels, the way they capture the nuances of the human condition.

— Sal Khan

I love working with genre. And to me, the Victorian novel is the flourishing ancestor I'm always trying to access when I write.

— Jennifer Egan

I myself love to read those Victorian novels which go on and on, and you don't read them in one sitting. You might read…

— Joan Didion

I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it,…

— Florence Welch

I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best-known books, the 'Mortal Engines' series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe,…

— Philip Reeve

I like all sorts of things, not necessarily just Victorian. Even though I tend to read a lot of Victorian novels, I like a…

— Colin Meloy

I had never read Victorian novels before going overseas. I read a handful of authors, but I had not immersed myself in the literature…

— Eleanor Catton

“When we read Victorian novels, we are often misled into thinking how close that age is to our own; but when we encounter historical…

— John Bowen

I like Victorian children's novels extremely a lot. If I would say I collect anything, that's what I'll hunt for now and again at…

— Joss Whedon

“Length, I want to suggest, has a peculiar significance for the reader of a Victorian novel and especially so if we are concerned with…

— Ian Gregor

The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and…

— Ted Baillieu

Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel.

— Dani Shapiro