Quotes from bookThe Eyre Affair
The Eyre Affair is the debut novel by English author Jasper Fforde, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 2001. It takes place in an alternative 1985, where literary detective Thursday Next pursues a master criminal through the world of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Fforde had received 76 rejections for earlier works before being accepted by a publisher. Critical reception of this novel was generally positive, remarking on its originality.
“Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just… well,, that's all.”
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“Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.”
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“If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote, I must be dafter than I look.”
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“The cleanest souls are the easiest to soil.”
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“Take no heed of her…. She reads a lot of books.”
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“Apart from the faint odor of ink that pervaded the scene, it might have been real.”
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“Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time.”
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