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Austen [aw-stuh n] Examples noun
- Jane,1775–1817, English novelist.
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Austen is perfectly aware that many books called novels do not display “the greatest powers of the mind.”
Nick Romeo
November 27, 2014
Austen does no better than the lexicographers at delineating a set that comprises all but only novels.
Nick Romeo
November 27, 2014
Austen, Eliot, and James sometimes complemented their essential seriousness with humorous minor characters and subplots.
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“A lot of slaves would protect themselves from punishment by being beloved,” Austen said.
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He and Austen had sex with hustlers, or “trade” as Vidal called the handsome, “straight-acting” young men he liked.
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Historical Examples of austen
And my daughter is second fiddle, thought Mrs. Austen, who said: “How interesting!”
Edgar Saltus
A person had the temerity to elbow Mrs. Austen and the audacity to smile at her.
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He bent over Margaret’s hand, touched two of Mrs. Austen’s fingers.
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Mrs. Austen, who was looking at him, saw it and thought: He is a gentleman.
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Through glasses, which she did not need, Mrs. Austen surveyed it.
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British Dictionary definitions for austen Austen noun
- Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)
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