" Do you know why we use Sense and Sensibility? Why Miss Havisham insisted on it, in fact?” “Don’t believe this,” murmured Miss Havisham. “It’s all poppycock. Her majesty is a verb short of a sentence.” “I’ll tell you why,” went on the Red Queen angrily, “because in Sense and Sensibility there are no strong father or husband figures!” Miss Havisham was silent. “Face the facts, Havisham. Neither the Dashwoods, the Steeles, the Ferrar brothers, Eliza Brandon or Willoughby have a father to guide them! Aren’t you taking your hatred of men just a little too far? "

― Jasper Fforde , Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)