Правда ли Jane Austen сказал «The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid»?

Правда ли Jane Austen сказал «The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid»?

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"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could not lay down again; I remember finishing it in two days--my hair standing on end the whole time."
Northanger Abbey — Jane Austen, CHAPTER 14 · ¶502 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #121 · источник

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