Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Marilyn Butler
Born: February 11, 1937
Died: March 11, 2014 (aged 77)
Bio: Marilyn Speers Butler, Lady Butler was a British literary critic. She was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 1986 to 1993, and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1993 to 2004.
Known for:
- Jane Austen and the War of Ideas (1975)
- Jane Austen (2007)
- Maria Edgeworth (1972)