Affected Quote by Mary Russell Mitford

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

— Mary Russell Mitford

Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourites.

— Claudia Winkleman

“If you mean Miss Austen, I don't find her particularly romantic," Tasmin declared. "Can't say that I care much about the marriage arrangements among…

— Larry McMurtry

Jane Austen is very amusing.

— James Callis

“Her beauty is the least of her dower-and she is the most beautiful woman I've ever known. That laugh of hers! I've angled all…

— L.M. Montgomery

“she liked to laugh that a young widow who'd just come into a good fortune must be, to misquote Jane Austen, in want of…

— Jennifer Ashley

The great thing about Jane Austen - the reason we're all still obsessed with her - is that she gets inside a woman's mind…

— Jennifer Coolidge

I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless.

— Emma Donoghue

“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

“She was the most beautiful to behold—not because her appearance drew me in above and beyond the others. No. She was beautiful because, at…

— Bella Forrest

Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like…

— Anna Quindlen

One of the less vaunted joys of Austen is that she is one of the greatest writers in the English language who also happened…

— Alessandra Stanley