I'm looking for a scholarly description of Jane Austen's writing style and the appeal it exerts on the reader

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I’m looking for a scholarly description of Jane Austen’s writing style and the appeal it exerts on the reader.

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Thank you very much gkster.

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Unfortunately this book focuses from what I have gathered on Jane Austen’s narrative techniques (free indirect discourse, free indirect speech and free indirect writing). It doesn 't mention what I’m really interested in: her use of parallism, alliteration, tightly polished prose etc.

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Maybe try searching on the phrase “stylistic devices” in this context. Norman Page’s 1971 article “‘The Best Chosen Language’: Stylistic Modes in Jane Austen” might be more what you’re looking for.

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Perfect! That’s exactly what I was looking for. Thanks KImstu.

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Just out of curiosity does anyone know why Jane Austen spelt ‘friendship’ as "Freindship’ (as in her work "Love and Freindship’). Did the word 'friendship, as we would spell it today not have a fixed spelling in the late 18th century?

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Wikipedia says she wrote that when she was 14 and there’s a number of incorrect spellings in it, so I’m just guessing misspelling.

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Thanks pulykamell. That makds sense.

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Yes, young Jane’s powers of spelling were a little shaky. See also The Beautifull Cassandra, a very short novel of delightfully bad manners, written when she was about twelve.