![Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness; second, that there are twenty-five elderly gentlemen living in the neighbourhood of London who resent any slight upon her genius as if it were an insult to the chastity of their aunts.](/assets/img/quote-photos/anyone-who-has-the-temerity-to-write-about-jane-austen-is-aware-of-two-facts-f.jpg)
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