‘Udolpho! Oh, Lord! Not I I never read novels I have something else to do. ‘Have you ever read Udolpho, Mr Thorpe? ’ He claims to like Mrs Radcliffe’s novels and yet muddles up The Mysteries of Udolpho with Fanny Burney’s Camilla. Mr Thorpe claims never to read novels, but then promptly talks of the ones he has read. Jane Austen draws a stark comparison between Mr Thorpe, who makes bold statements without thought or understanding, and Mr Tilney, who speaks from an informed mind.
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