Jane austen Quote by Mary Lascelles

“It's not Jane Austen, it's not Henry James. But this writer, or writers, well, they're pretty damn good too.”

— Richard Curtis

“Oh no! No! Austen’s works merit each of their readings.”

— Vaishnavi Nair K

“(Jane Austen) is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness.”

— Virginia Woolf

“I thought it was bad when they made me wear this Jane Austen–suitor outfit, complete with cravat. But you! You look like you just…

— Shelly Laurenston

“I couldn't exactly blame Jane Austen for being a romantic. What the hell else was there to do back then for fun?”

— Kristin Walker

“I always read Jane Austen during wars. Her complete lack of interest in Napoleon's activities has a soothingly insulating effect.”

— Louise Andrews Kent

“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

“Emma was just like any other mistress; and the charm of novelty, falling down slowly like a dress, exposed only the eternal monotony of…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Do not speak unflatteringly of Jane," Flora said, walking beside Chad. "She is the greatest writer to have ever lived." "I thought that was…

— Krista McGee

“Jane Austen, who is said to be Shakespearian, never reminds us of Shakespeare, I think, in her full-dress portraits, but she does so in…

— A.C. Bradley

“Let me hasten to add that I am not at all like Jane Eyre, who must have given hope to so many plain women…

— Barbara Pym

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

— Mary Lascelles