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Nov 08, 2016 08:51PM
I like the fact that Austen opens with sort of an explanation of who the family and each person.Then she launches into the story and as mentioned before it is like the reader has been invited for tea and she is relaying what happened.
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Gretchen wrote: "I like the fact that Austen opens with sort of an explanation of who the family and each person.Then she launches into the story and as mentioned before it is like the reader has been invited for t..."She excels at background, doesn't she? (Well, and everything else, too!)
She has the mastery of style to keep us reading while she info-dumps, because she's interesting to listen to.
Karlyne wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "I like the fact that Austen opens with sort of an explanation of who the family and each person.Then she launches into the story and as mentioned before it is like the reader has b..." oh yes she excels at everything
Mary wrote: "She has the mastery of style to keep us reading while she info-dumps, because she's interesting to listen to."thats true she is interesting to listen to
