Waterstones has taken Andrea Leadsom’s Jane Austen ‘greatest living author’ gaffe and is running with it
Occasional Tory leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom added to the nation’s gaiety today when she described Jane Austen as ‘one of our greatest living authors’.
Andrea Leadsom celebrates Jane Austen, "one of our greatest living authors" pic.twitter.com/Nq3UrbDNVE
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 20, 2017
Lots of people are having fun with it, but few to quite such enjoyable effect as Waterstones.
We are currently moving all our Jane Austen stock from Classics into Greatest Living Authors. Thanks Andrea Leadsom for the heads up.
— Waterstones (@Waterstones) July 20, 2017
And then…
Anyone know who Jane Austen's agent is? We'd love to book her for an event. https://t.co/ouhq9UEOp9
— Waterstones (@Waterstones) July 20, 2017
It prompted all sorts of lovely responses on Twitter.
Have you got Strength and Stability in stock?
— Julian Shea (@juliansheasport) July 20, 2017
What this govt needs is Sense and Sensibility.
— Marverde is #IN (@wlate17) July 20, 2017
And less Pride & Prejudice.
— Julian Shea (@juliansheasport) July 20, 2017
Could you please ensure that your next batch of Psychopathic Cultures are displayed like this? pic.twitter.com/Rd74jcgZ4F
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) July 20, 2017
