Karen Joy Fowler - The Jane Austen Book Club (2004)

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I once broke up with a boy because he wrote me an awful poem.

Karen Joy Fowler

You know, I don't think there's anything truly unforgivable. Not where there's love.

Karen Joy Fowler

Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved Austen in the horror section.

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It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding.

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In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery.

Karen Joy Fowler

Marriage seemed like such a small space whenever I was in it. I liked the getting married. Courtship has a plotline. But there's no plot to being married. Just the same things over and over again. Same fights, same friends, same things you do on a Saturday. The repetition would start to get to me.

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Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.

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