Books Quote by Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“Novels do not force their fair readers to sin, they only instruct them how to sin; the consequences of which are fully detailed, and not in a way calculated to seduce any but weak but weak minds; few of their heroines are happily disposed of.” quote by Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann — Download Open image

“Novels do not force their fair readers to sin, they only instruct them how to sin; the consequences of which are fully detailed, and not in a way calculated to seduce any but weak but weak minds; few of their heroines are happily disposed of.”

Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

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