#gets it
Whenever a reader thinks of those passionate, suffering creatures, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, and wonders, a little despondently perhaps, whether happiness must be sacrificed by women artists to produce good work, this same reader can open her ‘Persuasion’ with a contented little sigh, remembering that at least one woman artist, and one of the most exquisite, enjoyed life, flirted, and dearly loved her sister.
- Stella Gibbons (author of Cold Comfort Farm).
