Quote by Rachel Hawkins

“I wondered if there were ever times when Dad didn't sound like he escaped from a Jane Austen novel.”

— Rachel Hawkins

“Did Dad have a blog about me or something? “My Daugther Sophie and Why You Should Al Follow Her and/or Marry Her.”

— Rachel Hawkins

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

— Vaishnavi Nair K

“The man she wanted existed only in the romantic novels she was reading. She had met him. But he would never meet her.”

— Mary Papas

“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

“Neither would you, had you grown up in a library of melodramatic romance novels.”

— Clementine Holzinger

“It had never occurred to Sophie that she would be forgiven so readily for her trespasses and she wasn’t sure that she liked it.…

— Nick Hornby

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

— Louise Andrews Kent

“Wasn't it what her father always warned her about? Don't jump off a bridge because a cute guy tells you to?”

— Joannah Miley

“I wondered what he would have thought if he'd known that I'd gleaned most of my information from reading historical romance novels.”

— Nicole Luiken

“When you get to Lady Kincaid's house, don't leave until you've had a chance to talk to the man, even if you have to…

— Karen Hawkins

“He was a professor, a lover of stories, and he was building her a library in the same way other men might build their…

— Jennifer E. Smith