Jane Austen: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must b — Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid

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