• May include: A black framed wall art print featuring the quote: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. The text is in a typewriter font, with Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey below.
  • May include: A framed wall art print featuring a quote from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey in black typewriter-style font on a cream-colored, textured background. The text reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
  • May include: A rectangular black wall art print in a brown wooden frame featuring white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A black framed wall art piece featuring the poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann in black typewriter-style text on a white background. The word Desiderata is printed vertically in large letters on the right side of the white paper insert.
  • May include: A black framed wall art print featuring the quote: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey. Beside it sits a white vase filled with white daisies.
  • May include: A rectangular framed wall art print featuring black typewriter-style text on a white background. The quote reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A rectangular framed wall art piece featuring a black background with white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A black rectangular poster featuring white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Below the quote, the text reads Jane Austen Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A white rectangular poster featuring black typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Below the quote, it says Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A rectangular black framed wall art print featuring white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey is printed below.
  • May include: A framed wall art print featuring the black text: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Below the quote, the text reads Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey in black.
  • May include: A rectangular framed wall art print featuring black typewriter-style text on a white background. The quote reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A black framed wall art print featuring the quote: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. The text is in a typewriter font, with Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey below.
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  • May include: A framed wall art print featuring a quote from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey in black typewriter-style font on a cream-colored, textured background. The text reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
  • May include: A rectangular black wall art print in a brown wooden frame featuring white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A black framed wall art piece featuring the poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann in black typewriter-style text on a white background. The word Desiderata is printed vertically in large letters on the right side of the white paper insert.
  • May include: A black framed wall art print featuring the quote: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey. Beside it sits a white vase filled with white daisies.
  • May include: A rectangular framed wall art print featuring black typewriter-style text on a white background. The quote reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A rectangular framed wall art piece featuring a black background with white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A black rectangular poster featuring white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Below the quote, the text reads Jane Austen Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A white rectangular poster featuring black typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Below the quote, it says Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey.
  • May include: A rectangular black framed wall art print featuring white typewriter-style text that reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey is printed below.
  • May include: A framed wall art print featuring the black text: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Below the quote, the text reads Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey in black.
  • May include: A rectangular framed wall art print featuring black typewriter-style text on a white background. The quote reads: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
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Jane Austen Quote Print, Intolerably Stupid, Northanger Abbey, Typewriter Wall Art

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  • Materials: archival inks, photographic paper, FRAMED and UNFRAMED OPTIONS
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“This was a gift for a friends graduation, she loved it!!”

Niamh

May 18, 2023

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Niamh May 18, 2023

This was a gift for a friends graduation, she loved it!!

Niamh May 18, 2023

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Cherise Oct 22, 2020

I love this poster! It made it to the custom frame shop today, and will hang in my office (at a college where I teach). I will upload a photo when the work is completed. Love your work. Thank you!

Cherise Oct 22, 2020

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May include: A black framed wall art print featuring the quote: The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. The text is in a typewriter font, with Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey below.

This Jane Austen quote print sets a line from Northanger Abbey in typewriter lettering, on a background of your choice.

The person,
be it gentleman or lady,
who has not pleasure
in a good novel,
must be intolerably stupid

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Henry Tilney says it to Catherine Morland in Chapter 14, when she's braced for him to look down on people who read novels. He doesn't, and the line has been getting a smile from readers ever since.

The lettering changes size as it goes. "The person," and "in a good novel," are set larger than the lines between them, so the sentence reads with a bit of a flourish. Jane Austen's name and the title of the book sit small along the bottom. It suits a reading nook or the wall above a bookshelf, and it looks at home in a classroom or a library.

Your background
Choose white with black text or black with white text. The vintage version is aged cream parchment with black typewriter lettering.

Frame options
Pick framed or unframed from the drop-down menu. Frames come in black as standard. For white or natural wood, choose the black frame and add a note in the message to seller box at checkout. Those two frames are now available worldwide.

Sizes
Choose your size from the drop-down menu. The artwork is full bleed, so the background runs to the edge of the paper with no white border.

About the paper
Unframed prints are made on Kodak Professional Endura Premier Lustre paper. It's close to matte with a soft sheen, and it's archival, with a life of 100+ years.

Where it ships from
We send orders from both the UK and the USA, and framed prints now go worldwide.

Often bought for

A friend from your book club
An English teacher
A librarian or bookseller
Someone moving into a first home with a lot of paperbacks

Returns
Sale items are non-returnable and non-refundable. If your print arrives damaged, we'll replace it under our terms and conditions.

Get in touch
Email georgia [!at] bookquotedecor.com with any questions about sizes or frames. Use code DESCRIPTION15 for 15% off.

Every print in this shop is designed and put together by me in Photoshop, and I typeset all of the lettering myself. Some designs use background artwork that I created with AI image tools from my own prompts, and some of my mockup photos were made with Claude AI. The print you receive is the design you see, professionally printed.

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    BookQuoteDecor
  • Materials
    archival inks, photographic paper, FRAMED and UNFRAMED OPTIONS

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    Nov 5-12
  • Returns and exchanges
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  • Cost to ship
    $3.95 to United States, 43215

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