Jane Austen on novels
In short: “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” (Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey)
From Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, English novelist (1775–1817).
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- Source: Northanger Abbey (Project Gutenberg) · Public domain
- Also: Jane Austen
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