She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.

Louisa May Alcott
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired...
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired...
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired...
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired...
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. Jane Austen was a great writer of English novels. In her works she often criticized the behavior of young English women. In this quote she criticizes the way young women treat their imaginary heroes. She says that you can keep your imaginary heroes in a tin kitchen, but that doesn’t mean that you can keep your real hero.

Source: Little Women

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