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Mrs. Thorpe was a widow, and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured, well-meaning woman, and a very indulgent mother. Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty, and the younger ones, by pretending to be as handsome as their sister, imitating her air, and dressing in the same style, did very well.
David M. Shapard • The Annotated Northanger Abbey
A Little Princess (greatest vindication story ever), The Golden Compass (greatest animal character ever), and Little Women
Gretchen Rubin • Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life
‘I tell you I have a presentiment that it must be a girl,’ returned Miss Betsey. ‘Don’t contradict. From the moment of this girl’s birth, child, I intend to be her friend. I intend to be her godmother, and I beg you’ll call her Betsey Trotwood Copperfield. There must be no mistakes in life with THIS Betsey Trotwood. There must be no trifling with H
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The antagonist
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
sympathy-skank.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Alas! if the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard?16 I cannot approve of it.
David M. Shapard • The Annotated Northanger Abbey
superannuated