Karen Joy Fowler Quote

Dean coughed helpfully. Somewhere in the cough was the word persuasion. He was throwing Mo a lifeline.Mo preferred to go down. I haven’t actually read any Austen. I’m more into mysteries, crime fiction, courtroom stuff. This was disappointing, but not damning. On the other hand it was a failing; on the other, manfully owned up to. If only Mo had stopped there.I don’t read much women’s stuff. I like a good plot, he said.Prudie finished her drink and set her glass down so hard you could hear it hit. Austen can plot like a son of a bitch, she said. Bernadette, I believe you were telling us about your first husband.I could start with my second. Or the one after that, Bernadette offered. Down with plot! Down with Mo!

Karen Joy Fowler

Dean coughed helpfully. Somewhere in the cough was the word persuasion. He was throwing Mo a lifeline.Mo preferred to go down. I haven’t actually read any Austen. I’m more into mysteries, crime fiction, courtroom stuff. This was disappointing, but not damning. On the other hand it was a failing; on the other, manfully owned up to. If only Mo had stopped there.I don’t read much women’s stuff. I like a good plot, he said.Prudie finished her drink and set her glass down so hard you could hear it hit. Austen can plot like a son of a bitch, she said. Bernadette, I believe you were telling us about your first husband.I could start with my second. Or the one after that, Bernadette offered. Down with plot! Down with Mo!

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About Karen Joy Fowler

Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and social alienation.
She is best known as the author of the best-selling novel The Jane Austen Book Club (2004) that was adapted into a movie of the same name.