Friday, June 18, 2010

Quote of the Week

[Jane] Austen is a moralist, but not a "punitive" moralist. Sometimes her villains receive no more serious punishment than to achieve their desires. Often that is punishment enough.

(p. 110 from Miniatures and Morals by Peter Leithart)
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