I lay it down as one of the distinctive characteristics of a good story that it pleases—or rather, seizes—every period of life; that the child, and his elder brother, and his father, and his grandfather, may read it with like enjoyment.


June, 1898: The Literary News, Some Novels Loved of Novelists

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Walter Besant Quotes

I lay it down as one of the distinctive characteristics of a good story that it pleases—or rather, seizes—every period of life; that the child,...

I lay it down as one of the distinctive characteristics of a good story that it pleases—or rather, seizes—every period of life; that the child,...

I lay it down as one of the distinctive characteristics of a good story that it pleases—or rather, seizes—every period of life; that the child,...

I lay it down as one of the distinctive characteristics of a good story that it pleases—or rather, seizes—every period of life; that the child,...