Words I Wish I’d Written: Barton Cottage

Words I Wish I’d Written: Barton Cottage November 21, 2013

As a house, Barton Cottage, though small, was comfortable and compact; but as a cottage it was defective, for the building was regular, the roof was tiled, the window shutters were not painted green, nor were the walls covered with honeysuckles.

— Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility


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