Few writers over the years have such a devoted, fanatical fan base as that of Jane Austen. Something about fancy dresses and stilted love panned out over 300 pages does it for people.
So, the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England, has created an app that will send you a quote from her books every day, and will even schedule to deliver it to you at the time of day you desire. Service with a smile! Unless you're being served by Mr. Darcy, because I'm sure he never smiled.
“People are always interested in her quotes. They’re always witty, lively, succinct and very perceptive - and they do often describe people’s characters really well,” David Baldock, the centre’s director tells London's Guardian newspaper.
A couple of sample quotes the app supplies:
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance." — from Pride and Prejudice (1813)
"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them." — from Mansfield Park (1814)
"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!" — from Persuasion (1817)
Let's be honest here. This app better supply a heavy dose of Mr. Darcy quotes, all frowny and moody, or there will be hell to pay.
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