I am glad you think J. Austen a sound moralist. I agree. And not platitudinous, but subtle as well as firm.
Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths, May 5, 1952
I don’t believe anything will keep the right reader & the right book apart. But our literary loves are as diverse as our human! You couldn’t make me like Henry James or dislike Jane Austen whatever you did.
Letter to Rhona Bodle, September 14, 1953
I’ve been reading Pride and Prejudice on and off all my life and it doesn’t wear out a bit.
Letter to Sarah Neylan, January 16, 1954