No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of the as others do, I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas; and as that can never be done, it is mere vanity and vexation of spirit.
Anne BronteAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: british
- Born: January 17, 1820
- Died: May 28, 1849
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