Wednesday, June 9, 2010

mark twain on jane austen:

"I haven't any right to criticise books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticise Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone."

3 comments:

Nan said...

Oh Mark, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

holli h. said...

hahahahaha. It's a pity she died a natural death.

christene said...

is it terrible that i feel the exact same way he does? minus that i would want to dig her up because that is revolting-- i dont have to stomach for that.