Status Updates From Jane Austen: A Biography

'There is such an intense psychological interest in Jane Austen's work that it is possible, strange as it may seem, to forget for a moment that they are primarily creations of comedy'

'To sit in idleness over a good fire in a well proportioned room is a luxurious sensation. I said two or three amusing things and Mr Holder made a few infamous puns.'

'Edward Ferrars seems colorless and flat, one can say atleast this for it: that it represents the kind of man who might reasonably be expected to fall in love with Elinor.'

Damn😂😂😂 shots fired

'The Reverend George Austen was a very handsome man with bright hazel eyes and finely curling hair, prematurely white; he was a distinguished classical scholar, and he was also acutely sensitive to the construction of an English sentence.'

Verrrrryyyyy interested in this one, as it was written by a woman who was herself often called a modern Austen. Also it was published in 1938, during a period when Austen’s popular and critical reputations were gaining traction, so color me excited.