Goodreads Quote of the Day for Friday

Created: 2016-04-01 10:20 Updated: 2016-04-01 10:20 Notebook: Famous Quotes

What are men to rocks and mountains?

Jane Austen

April 1, 1816: The Prince Regent enjoyed Jane Austen's novels, but he requested that she try her hand at a historical romance with less satirical and humorous elements. Austen was not amused. On this day, she wrote to the Prince Regent, "I could not sit down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life."


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