- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
After detailing the tragic circumstances of Jane Austen’s early death, Fay tells Alice that although it is painful to contemplate a person’s death, it should nonetheless be considered as only one part of that person’s story, rather than a defining characteristic. Accordingly, she urges Alice take risks while she is alive and try to use her novel to contribute to the world, much as Jane Austen did in her own time.
This quote illustrates both the power of literature’s interaction with history and its uncertainty. Fay admits that Alice’s book may meet rejection, but she argues that it is nonetheless…