A quotation for Austen fans

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MsAmerica · 01/09/2013 21:49

I just ran across this. American critic Lionel Trilling said that "not to like Jane Austen is to put oneself under suspicion of a general personal inadequacy and even?let us face it?of a want of breeding."

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NadiaWadia · 01/09/2013 22:59

Well so much for Charlotte Bronte then, eh, as apparently she didn't appreciate JA.

CircassianLeyla · 02/09/2013 08:03

Haha.

CircassianLeyla · 02/09/2013 08:04

That'll be all the happy endings and fun and frolicks.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 03/09/2013 17:38

Charlotte Bronte - what does she know?!

MrsCakesPremonition · 03/09/2013 17:42

As Lionel Trilling has been dead for nearly 40 years, I won't be getting too worked up about his opinions.

Louise1956 · 04/09/2013 14:13

I think it is an amusing quote, not meant (I hope) to be taken seriously. A great many people (especially men) do not care for Jane Austen. taste in fiction is very personal.

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