Styles and themes of Jane Austen In "Sense and Sensibility", Austen experiments extensively for the first time with this technique. For example, As Austen scholar Norman Page explains, "the first sentence is straight narrative, in the 'voice' of the [narrator]; the third sentence is normal indirect speech; but the second and fourth are what is usually described as free indirect speech." In these two sentences, Austen represents the inner thoughts of the character and creates the illusion that the reader is entering the character's mind. She often uses indirect speech for background characters. However, Page writes that "for Jane Austen ... the supreme virtue of free
Rejecting Jane created worldwide media coverage, which saw its author appear on radio and television programmes across the globe, including American news programmes and TV talk shows such as "Good Morning America". Rejecting Jane "Rejecting Jane" is the title of a 2007 article by British author David Lassman. The article, which was published in Issue 28 of "Jane Austen's Regency World" magazine, is a critique of the publishing industry through their inadvertent rejection of Jane Austen. Using the pseudonym 'Alison Laydee' - a play on Austen's original "nom de plume" "A Lady" - Lassman sent out the opening chapters of "Pride and