that, a full two centuries Jane Austen finished manuscript, come world — Anna Quindlen, Reading Changed Life

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How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find ourselves transcending customs, strictures, time, mores, to arrive at a place that educates, amuses, and enthralls us? It is a miracle. We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life

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