LOL lines!
Posted by MB on January 05, 1998 at 13:40:57:
In response to At the risk of being chastised as well : ) - longish, written by Carolyn B on January 03, 1998 at 21:36:03
] My all time favorite JA quotes are Catherine's comments about history in Chapter 14:
] But history, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in. {*snip*} The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all--it is very tiresome:
This line, uttered in all its innocence and sincerity, is also one of my favorites. How could Henry resist? This whole conversation is wonderful; thanks for saving me the trouble of posting it! And I agree with you about Austen's "feminism" (although she, of course, would not have used that term).
] I also love Catherine's further comments on history and historians (now that my master's thesis is over and one with) and Henry's reply:
So do I! And I love the fact that, unwordly as she may be, she has definite opinions and enjoys this discourse with Henry and Eleanor as much as they do.
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