Bookish Matters

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

—Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Austen Out-of-Context Quote of the Day

At fifteen...she began to curl her hair and long for balls.

—Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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