inkedbyausten:“But history, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in… The quarrel
inkedbyausten:“But history, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in… 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: and yet I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention. The speeches that are put into the heroes’ mouths, their thoughts and designs—the chief of all this must be invention, and invention is what delights me in other books.” - Northanger Abbey *Submitted by litlass I have this quote in a little frame in front of my books of “real, solemn history”, which delight me because I frame invention from their pages. -- source link
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