“Well, when I am fifty-three or so I would like to write a novel as good as Persuasion but with a modern setting, of course. For the next thirty years or so I shall be collecting material for it. If anyone asks me what I work at, I shall say, 'Collecting material'. No one can object to that.” IfsWritingYearsWellsThreeCoursesNextAsksNovelModernObjectsMaterialsSettingSettingsAsk MeThirtyFiftyPersuasionCollectingThirty YearsCold Comfort Farm Author:Stella Gibbons
“A straight nose is a great help if one wishes to look serious'.” IfsLooksHelpingWishSeriousNosesCold Comfort Farm Book:Cold comfort farm Source: Cold comfort farm
