Austen Quote by 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

“Few novelists can be more scrupulous than Jane Austen as to the phrasing of the thoughts of their characters. ”

— Mary Lascelles

“Jane Austen has taught me to view the ridiculous and rude with amusement rather than disdain.”

— Natalie Tyler

“Jane Austen did not become one of the most renowned authors in the English language by having her characters dye their armpit hair and…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

“A lot of aspiring writers quote the right people, but they do so like Mary Bennett in Pride and Prejudice. They quote Austen like…

— Douglas Wilson

“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

“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

“Brontë was attempting to depict a character that adheres to the unchanging principles of her faith though she refused conformity to the particular practices…

— Karen Swallow Prior

“Jane Austen makes me detest all her characters, without reserve. Is that her intention? It is not believable. Then is it her purpose to…

— Mark Twain

“I was reading Charlotte Bronte, and Jane was being serenaded by Mr. Rochester. (I see the source of all my problems: a Bronte was…

— Zen Cho

“Just think of Emily Bronte, for example: psychotically bookish - but was there ever a woman screaming out so loudly for a good f***ing?…

— Mil Millington

“Jane felt that he would write from the depths of a wretchedness that would not necessarily be insincere because its outward signs were so…

— Barbara Pym