The Making of Jane Austen Quotes

“That innovator is the aforementioned Hugh Thomson, who might be called the Colin Firth of Austen-inspired book illustration." (P. 52)”
― Devoney Looser, The Making of Jane Austen

“She was not born, but rather became, Jane Austen.”
― Devoney Looser, The Making of Jane Austen

“But rather than end this book with any truth universally acknowledged, I'll riff with this: I leave it to be settled by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend haughty, highbrow exclusivity or celebrate uncritical adulation.”
― Devoney Looser, The Making of Jane Austen