Download or read book Bite-Size Jane Austen written by John P. Holms and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen's novels are filled with wide-ranging commentary from all parts of life. Her sharp-witted and intelligent characters have provided us with memorable quotes time and time again. Finally Austen's sense and sensibility has been compiled in one compact book. In Bite-Size Jane Austen we get her thoughts and words on society, men and women, the arts and writing, business and politics, England, family matters and on the human condition. Bite-Size Jane Austen is the fifth book in the highly successful series. Arranged into eight wide-ranging chapters and many sub-chapters, finding the perfect quote for the perfect situation is simple. On literature and poetry: "Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can." On men and women: "One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." On writing novels: "An artist cannot do anything slovenly."