jane austen

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• wrotePride and Prejudice

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  Jane Austen is the author of the novel 'Pride and Prejudice,' which is the subject of the literary analysis in the text.

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  But with Miss Austen the myriad, trivial, unforced strokes build up the picture like magic. Nothing is false; nothing is superfluous. When (to take the present book only) Mr. Collins changed his mind

• createsMr. Collins

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  Jane Austen is credited with creating the character of Mr. Collins, whose greatness is attributed to her skillful adjustment of other characters around him.

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  But the greatness of Mr. Collins could not have been so satisfactorily exhibited if his creatress had not adjusted so artfully to him the figures of Mr. Bennet and of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

• createsMr. Bennet

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  Jane Austen is the creator of Mr. Bennet, whose character is artfully adjusted to highlight the greatness of Mr. Collins.

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  But the greatness of Mr. Collins could not have been so satisfactorily exhibited if his creatress had not adjusted so artfully to him the figures of Mr. Bennet and of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

• createsLady Catherine de Bourgh

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  Jane Austen is the creator of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, whose character is artfully adjusted to highlight the greatness of Mr. Collins.

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  But the greatness of Mr. Collins could not have been so satisfactorily exhibited if his creatress had not adjusted so artfully to him the figures of Mr. Bennet and of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

• is_compared_toJonathan Swift

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  Jane Austen's writing style, particularly her precise 'touch,' is favorably compared to that of Swift, impressing readers like Thackeray.

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  the touch in each case is like that of Swift--“taller by the breadth of my nail”--which impressed the half-reluctant Thackeray with just and outspoken admiration. Indeed, fantastic as it may seem, I should put Miss Austen as near to Swift in some ways, as I have put her to Addison in others.

• is_compared_toJoseph Addison

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  Jane Austen's literary qualities are compared to Addison's, though in some aspects, Mr. Collins's character is deemed greater than anything Addison achieved.

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  I should put Miss Austen as near to Swift in some ways, as I have put her to Addison in others.

• portrayedWickham

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  Jane Austen is credited with portraying Wickham in a nuanced way, avoiding common romantic or villainous clichés.

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  Wickham (though something of Miss Austen’s hesitation of touch in dealing with young men appears) is a not much less notable sketch in drab of another.

• portrayedCharlotte Lucas

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  Jane Austen is credited with creating Charlotte Lucas as a 'wonderfully clever study in drab' that is not disagreeable.

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  Only genius could have made Charlotte what she is, yet not disagreeable;

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